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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/arp.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 4db0325f6e1a..dc28f0588e54 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -1116,13 +1116,18 @@ static int arp_req_get(struct arpreq *r, struct net_device *dev)
return err;
}
-static int arp_invalidate(struct net_device *dev, __be32 ip)
+int arp_invalidate(struct net_device *dev, __be32 ip, bool force)
{
struct neighbour *neigh = neigh_lookup(&arp_tbl, &ip, dev);
int err = -ENXIO;
struct neigh_table *tbl = &arp_tbl;
if (neigh) {
+ if ((neigh->nud_state & NUD_VALID) && !force) {
+ neigh_release(neigh);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (neigh->nud_state & ~NUD_NOARP)
err = neigh_update(neigh, NULL, NUD_FAILED,
NEIGH_UPDATE_F_OVERRIDE|
@@ -1169,7 +1174,7 @@ static int arp_req_delete(struct net *net, struct arpreq *r,
if (!dev)
return -EINVAL;
}
- return arp_invalidate(dev, ip);
+ return arp_invalidate(dev, ip, true);
}
/*