1. 26 Feb, 2016 1 commit
    • David Ahern's avatar
      net: ipv6: Make address flushing on ifdown optional · f1705ec1
      David Ahern authored
      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: default avatarDavid Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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