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From afad6424413533ddf60b66c61f19e016bee98435 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ian K. Coolidge" <icoolidge@loon.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 21:07:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ip addr: Accept 'optimistic' flag
Upstream status:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/patch/20200524015144.44017-1-icoolidge@google.com/
---
ip/ipaddress.c | 7 ++++++-
man/man8/ip-address.8.in | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ip/ipaddress.c b/ip/ipaddress.c
index 80d27ce2..48cf5e41 100644
--- a/ip/ipaddress.c
+++ b/ip/ipaddress.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void usage(void)
" [-]tentative | [-]deprecated | [-]dadfailed | temporary |\n"
" CONFFLAG-LIST ]\n"
"CONFFLAG-LIST := [ CONFFLAG-LIST ] CONFFLAG\n"
- "CONFFLAG := [ home | nodad | mngtmpaddr | noprefixroute | autojoin ]\n"
+ "CONFFLAG := [ home | nodad | optimistic | mngtmpaddr | noprefixroute | autojoin ]\n"
"LIFETIME := [ valid_lft LFT ] [ preferred_lft LFT ]\n"
"LFT := forever | SECONDS\n"
"TYPE := { vlan | veth | vcan | vxcan | dummy | ifb | macvlan | macvtap |\n"
@@ -2335,6 +2335,11 @@ static int ipaddr_modify(int cmd, int flags, int argc, char **argv)
ifa_flags |= IFA_F_HOMEADDRESS;
else
fprintf(stderr, "Warning: home option can be set only for IPv6 addresses\n");
+ } else if (strcmp(*argv, "optimistic") == 0) {
+ if (req.ifa.ifa_family == AF_INET6)
+ ifa_flags |= IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC;
+ else
+ fprintf(stderr, "Warning: optimistic option can be set only for IPv6 addresses\n");
} else if (strcmp(*argv, "nodad") == 0) {
if (req.ifa.ifa_family == AF_INET6)
ifa_flags |= IFA_F_NODAD;
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
index 2a553190..fe773c91 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-address.8.in
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ ip-address \- protocol address management
.ti -8
.IR CONFFLAG " := "
-.RB "[ " home " | " mngtmpaddr " | " nodad " | " noprefixroute " | " autojoin " ]"
+.RB "[ " home " | " mngtmpaddr " | " nodad " | " optimstic " | " noprefixroute " | " autojoin " ]"
.ti -8
.IR LIFETIME " := [ "
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ stateless auto-configuration was active.
(IPv6 only) do not perform Duplicate Address Detection (RFC 4862) when
adding this address.
+.TP
+.B optimistic
+(IPv6 only) When performing Duplicate Address Detection, use the RFC 4429
+optimistic variant.
+
.TP
.B noprefixroute
Do not automatically create a route for the network prefix of the added
--
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