Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: neighbour: Remove CONFIG_ARPD

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Sep 03 2013 - 21:42:10 EST


From: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 06:38:47 -0600

> This config option is superfluous in that it only guards a call
> to neigh_app_ns(). Enabling CONFIG_ARPD by default has no
> change in behavior. There will now be call to __neigh_notify()
> for each ARP resolution, which has no impact unless there is a
> user space daemon waiting to receive the notification, i.e.,
> the case for which CONFIG_ARPD was designed anyways.
>
> Suggested-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
...
> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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