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authorErik Kline <ek@google.com>2014-10-28 18:11:14 +0900
committerJP Abgrall <jpa@google.com>2014-11-05 00:46:54 +0000
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net: ipv6: Add a sysctl to make optimistic addresses useful candidates
Add a sysctl that causes an interface's optimistic addresses to be considered equivalent to other non-deprecated addresses for source address selection purposes. Preferred addresses will still take precedence over optimistic addresses, subject to other ranking in the source address selection algorithm. This is useful where different interfaces are connected to different networks from different ISPs (e.g., a cell network and a home wifi network). The current behaviour complies with RFC 3484/6724, and it makes sense if the host has only one interface, or has multiple interfaces on the same network (same or cooperating administrative domain(s), but not in the multiple distinct networks case. For example, if a mobile device has an IPv6 address on an LTE network and then connects to IPv6-enabled wifi, while the wifi IPv6 address is undergoing DAD, IPv6 connections will try use the wifi default route with the LTE IPv6 address, and will get stuck until they time out. Also, because optimistic nodes can receive frames, issue an RTM_NEWADDR as soon as DAD starts (with the IFA_F_OPTIMSTIC flag appropriately set). A second RTM_NEWADDR is sent if DAD completes (the address flags have changed), otherwise an RTM_DELADDR is sent. Also: add an entry in ip-sysctl.txt for optimistic_dad. [cherry-pick of net-next 7fd2561e4ebdd070ebba6d3326c4c5b13942323f] Signed-off-by: Erik Kline <ek@google.com> Acked-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Bug: 17769720 Change-Id: Ic7e50781c607e1f3a492d9ce7395946efb95c533
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1333,6 +1333,19 @@ ndisc_notify - BOOLEAN
1 - Generate unsolicited neighbour advertisements when device is brought
up or hardware address changes.
+optimistic_dad - BOOLEAN
+ Whether to perform Optimistic Duplicate Address Detection (RFC 4429).
+ 0: disabled (default)
+ 1: enabled
+
+use_optimistic - BOOLEAN
+ If enabled, do not classify optimistic addresses as deprecated during
+ source address selection. Preferred addresses will still be chosen
+ before optimistic addresses, subject to other ranking in the source
+ address selection algorithm.
+ 0: disabled (default)
+ 1: enabled
+
icmp/*:
ratelimit - INTEGER
Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMPv6 packets.