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authorDavid Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>2016-02-24 20:25:37 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-02-26 05:45:15 +0300
commitf1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac (patch)
tree1efb568eda46c1039a05fb07173b3c71592d7123 /include/linux/ipv6.h
parent619b17452a388d6be69a7b28dc92310ea3f5aa65 (diff)
downloadlinux-f1705ec197e705b79ea40fe7a2cc5acfa1d3bfac.tar.xz
net: ipv6: Make address flushing on ifdown optional
Currently, all ipv6 addresses are flushed when the interface is configured down, including global, static addresses: $ ip -6 addr show dev eth1 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 state UP qlen 1000 inet6 2100:1::2/120 scope global valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::e0:f9ff:fe79:34bd/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever $ ip link set dev eth1 down $ ip -6 addr show dev eth1 << nothing; all addresses have been flushed>> Add a new sysctl to make this behavior optional. The new setting defaults to flush all addresses to maintain backwards compatibility. When the set global addresses with no expire times are not flushed on an admin down. The sysctl is per-interface or system-wide for all interfaces $ sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.eth1.keep_addr_on_down=1 or $ sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.keep_addr_on_down=1 Will keep addresses on eth1 on an admin down. $ ip -6 addr show dev eth1 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 state UP qlen 1000 inet6 2100:1::2/120 scope global valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::e0:f9ff:fe79:34bd/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever $ ip link set dev eth1 down $ ip -6 addr show dev eth1 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 state DOWN qlen 1000 inet6 2100:1::2/120 scope global tentative valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fe80::e0:f9ff:fe79:34bd/64 scope link tentative valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 4b2267e1b7c3..7edc14fb66b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
struct in6_addr secret;
} stable_secret;
__s32 use_oif_addrs_only;
+ __s32 keep_addr_on_down;
void *sysctl;
};