neighbour: confirm neigh entries when ARP packet is received

Update 'confirmed' timestamp when ARP packet is received. It shouldn't
affect locktime logic and anyway entry can be confirmed by any higher-layer
protocol. Thus it makes sense to confirm it when ARP packet is received.

Fixes: 77d7123342 ("neighbour: update neigh timestamps iff update is effective")
Signed-off-by: Vasily Khoruzhick <vasilykh@arista.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Vasily Khoruzhick 2018-09-13 11:12:03 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 56a49d7048
commit f0e0d04413
1 changed files with 8 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -1180,6 +1180,12 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new,
lladdr = neigh->ha;
}
/* Update confirmed timestamp for neighbour entry after we
* received ARP packet even if it doesn't change IP to MAC binding.
*/
if (new & NUD_CONNECTED)
neigh->confirmed = jiffies;
/* If entry was valid and address is not changed,
do not change entry state, if new one is STALE.
*/
@ -1201,15 +1207,12 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new,
}
}
/* Update timestamps only once we know we will make a change to the
/* Update timestamp 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;
if (new != old || lladdr != neigh->ha)
neigh->updated = jiffies;
}
if (new != old) {
neigh_del_timer(neigh);