Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] neighbour: guarantee the localhost connections be established successfully even the ARP table is full

From: James Lee
Date: Thu Mar 28 2024 - 04:41:41 EST


It's not an issue, why need "post a new patch version"?

Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> 于2024年3月22日周五 11:37写道:
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> > From: James Lee <lizheng043@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:13 PM
> > To: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jmorris@xxxxxxxxx;
> > James.Z.Li@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] neighbour: guarantee the localhost
> > connections be established successfully even the ARP table is full
> >
> > It's not an issue, the loopback device can only be created by kernel itself,
> > loopback neigh entry also can only be created by kernel, one loopback neigh
> > for ipv4 ,one for ipv6, impossible that the num of loopback neigh entries
> > exceeds 2.
> ACK. I still feel like a hack. Please post a new patch version. Let maintainers take a call.