Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: fix reachability confirmation with proxy_ndp

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:40:41 +0100 you wrote:
> When proxying IPv6 NDP requests, the adverts to the initial multicast
> solicits are correct and working.  On the other hand, when later a
> reachability confirmation is requested (on unicast), no reply is sent.
> 
> This causes the neighbor entry expiring on the sending node, which is
> mostly a non-issue, as a new multicast request is sent.  There are
> routers, where the multicast requests are intentionally delayed, and in
> these environments the current implementation causes periodic packet
> loss for the proxied endpoints.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] ipv6: fix reachability confirmation with proxy_ndp
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/9f535c870e49

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