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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/neighbour.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c index 7b315663f840..a426790b0688 100644 --- a/net/core/neighbour.c +++ b/net/core/neighbour.c @@ -1130,10 +1130,6 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new, lladdr = neigh->ha; } - if (new & NUD_CONNECTED) - neigh->confirmed = jiffies; - neigh->updated = jiffies; - /* If entry was valid and address is not changed, do not change entry state, if new one is STALE. */ @@ -1155,6 +1151,16 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new, } } + /* Update timestamps only once we know we will make a change to the + * neighbour entry. Otherwise we risk to move the locktime window with + * noop updates and ignore relevant ARP updates. + */ + if (new != old || lladdr != neigh->ha) { + if (new & NUD_CONNECTED) + neigh->confirmed = jiffies; + neigh->updated = jiffies; + } + if (new != old) { neigh_del_timer(neigh); if (new & NUD_PROBE) |