Messages in this thread | | | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:54:13 +0200 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] ipv6: add option to explicitly enable reachability test |
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On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 5:39 PM Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch> wrote: > > Systems which act as host as well as router might prefer the host > behavior. Currently the kernel does not allow to use IPv6 forwarding > globally and at the same time use route reachability probing. > > Add a compile time flag to enable route reachability probe in any > case. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@agner.ch> > --- > My use case is a OpenThread device which at the same time can also act as a > client communicating with Thread devices. Thread Border routers use the Route > Information mechanism to publish routes with a lifetime of up to 1800s. If > one of the Thread Border router goes offline, the lack of reachability probing > currenlty leads to outages of up to 30 minutes. > > Not sure if the chosen method is acceptable. Maybe a runtime flag is preferred?
I guess so. Because distros would have to choose a compile option.
Not a new sysfs, only an IFLA_INET6_REACHABILITY_PROBE ?
Thanks.
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