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

[Ratheesh Kannoth]

> From: James Lee <lizheng043@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 2:11 PM
> To: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH] neighbour: guarantee the localhost
> connections be established successfully even the ARP table is full
> 

> It's not an issue, 
Please don’t top post

 >why need "post a new patch version"?
ASFAIK, only https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/ will be actively looked up to merge patches.
I could be wrong. 

> 
> Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx> 于2024年3月22日周五
> 11:37写道：
> >
> > > 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.