Re: [PATCH] arp: allow arp processing to honor per interface arp_accept sysctl

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:25:58 -0400

> I found recently that the arp_process function which handles all of our received
> arp frames, is using IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL macro to check the state of the arp_process
> flag.  This seems wrong, as it implies that either none or all of the network
> interfaces accept gratuitous arps.  This patch corrects that, allowing
> per-interface arp_accept configuration to deviate from the all setting.  Note
> this also brings us into line with the way the arp_filter setting is handled
> during arp_process execution.
> 
> Tested this myself on my home network, and confirmed it works as expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to net-next, thanks Neil.
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