Bug 246723

Summary: backport optimistic DAD patch from upstream
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Neil Horman <nhorman>
Component: kernelAssignee: Neil Horman <nhorman>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Martin Jenner <mjenner>
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Version: 5.0CC: dzickus, jarod
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Fixed In Version: RHBA-2008-0314 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Bug Blocks: 423791, 425461    
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Quick and dirty fix. Not tested. none

Description Neil Horman 2007-07-04 13:32:18 UTC
Description of problem:
ODAD backport as part of ipv6 work

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2007-07-04 13:35:46 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.

Comment 8 Jarod Wilson 2007-12-13 23:51:05 UTC
As it turns out, this patch breaks xen... See bug 423791 for details.

Comment 9 Don Zickus 2007-12-14 18:38:23 UTC
in 2.6.18-60.el5
You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5

Comment 10 Lon Hohberger 2008-01-09 18:08:36 UTC
The patch contained in this bugzilla breaks the kernel->userland rtnetlink API:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428143

Comment 12 Lon Hohberger 2008-01-09 18:18:44 UTC
Created attachment 291177 [details]
Quick and dirty fix.  Not tested.

Comment 13 Lon Hohberger 2008-01-09 18:26:03 UTC
Alternatively, providing /usr/include/linux/if_addr.h in the kernel-headers RPM
and possibly doing this in rtnetlink.h may also retain compatibility:

#ifndef __KERNEL__
#include <linux/if_addr.h>
#endif


Comment 14 Neil Horman 2008-01-09 20:25:08 UTC
This is being fixed in bz 428143.  Re-closing

Comment 16 Mike Gahagan 2008-04-07 20:59:18 UTC
confirmed fix is in the -88.el5 kernel.


Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2008-05-21 14:45:28 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0314.html