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ipv6: Fix IPv6 packet loss in scenarios involving roaming + snooping switches 

When for instance a mobile Linux device roams from one access point to
another with both APs sharing the same broadcast domain and a
multicast snooping switch in between:

1)    (c) <~~~> (AP1) <--[SSW]--> (AP2)

2)              (AP1) <--[SSW]--> (AP2) <~~~> (c)

Then currently IPv6 multicast packets will get lost for (c) until an
MLD Querier sends its next query message. The packet loss occurs
because upon roaming the Linux host so far stayed silent regarding
MLD and the snooping switch will therefore be unaware of the
multicast topology change for a while.

This patch fixes this by always resending MLD reports when an interface
change happens, for instance from NO-CARRIER to CARRIER state.

Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Linus Lüssing 2017-02-03 08:11:03 +01:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 62f01db9cf
commit a088d1d73a
1 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions
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@ -3386,9 +3386,15 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
}
if (idev) {
if (idev->if_flags & IF_READY)
/* device is already configured. */
if (idev->if_flags & IF_READY) {
/* device is already configured -
* but resend MLD reports, we might
* have roamed and need to update
* multicast snooping switches
*/
ipv6_mc_up(idev);
break;
}
idev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
}