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    batman-adv: allow updating DAT entry timeouts on incoming ARP Replies · 099e6cc1
    Linus Lüssing authored
    Currently incoming ARP Replies, for example via a DHT-PUT message, do
    not update the timeout for an already existing DAT entry. These ARP
    Replies are dropped instead.
    
    This however defeats the purpose of the DHCPACK snooping, for instance.
    Right now, a DAT entry in the DHT will be purged every five minutes,
    likely leading to a mesh-wide ARP Request broadcast after this timeout.
    Which then recreates the entry. The idea of the DHCPACK snooping is to
    be able to update an entry before a timeout happens, to avoid ARP Request
    flooding.
    
    This patch fixes this issue by updating a DAT entry on incoming
    ARP Replies even if a matching DAT entry already exists. While still
    filtering the ARP Reply towards the soft-interface, to avoid duplicate
    messages on the client device side.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Lüssing <linus.luessing@c0d3.blue>
    Acked-by: default avatarAntonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSimon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
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distributed-arp-table.c 52 KB