dhcpcd-discuss

On 22/10/2019 09:56, Roy Marples wrote:
> On 21/10/2019 21:56, Floris Bos wrote:
> > On 21/10/2019 12:33, Roy Marples wrote:
> > > On 20/10/2019 23:04, Floris Bos wrote:
> > > > Played a bit with adding a couple more debug logging statements to 
> > > > the code.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The problem seems to be that after the link local address is added, 
> > > > the kernel eventually sends you a RTM_NEWADDR event.
> > > > Upon receipt of the event you add the IPv6 address to your 
> > > > state->addrs list.
> > > > After it gets removed the kernel eventually sends a RTM_DELADDR and 
> > > > you remove it again from the list.
> > > >
> > > > The problem is that those events arrive delayed, and we are hitting 
> > > > a situation in which the RTM_NEWADDR event is not delivered until 
> > > > after the address has been deleted. And RTM_DELADDR is even lagging 
> > > > further behind.
> > > >
> > > > Since state->addr still has the address in the list, 
> > > > ipv6_tryaddlinklocal() thinks there is already a link local 
> > > > address, so does no attempt to add one.
> > >
> > > Does this patch help at all?
> >
> >
> > No difference.
>
> OK ..... try this one instead :)
> Remove the prior one please first.


Yes, I now do have an IPv6 LL address.


Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos