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    neigh: Send netevent after marking neigh as dead · 53f800e3
    Ido Schimmel authored
    neigh_cleanup_and_release() is always called after marking a neighbour
    as dead, but it only notifies user space and not in-kernel listeners of
    the netevent notification chain.
    
    This can cause multiple problems. In my specific use case, it causes the
    listener (a switch driver capable of L3 offloads) to believe a neighbour
    entry is still valid, and is thus erroneously kept in the device's
    table.
    
    Fix that by sending a netevent after marking the neighbour as dead.
    
    Fixes: a6bf9e93 ("mlxsw: spectrum_router: Offload neighbours based on NUD state change")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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