Thread (64 messages) 64 messages, 7 authors, 2016-09-27

Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] ipv6 addrconf: rtr_solicits == -1 means unlimited

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From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <hidden>
Date: 2016-09-27 10:20:54


Maciej Żenczykowski wrote:
From: Maciej Żenczykowski <redacted>

This allows setting /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/*/router_solicitations
to -1 meaning an unlimited number of retransmits.
We could say "< 0 means infinite" and we can reduce changes here.

--yoshfuji
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <redacted>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 8bd2d06eefe7..1e59c0034916 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3687,7 +3687,7 @@ static void addrconf_rs_timer(unsigned long data)
 	if (idev->if_flags & IF_RA_RCVD)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (idev->rs_probes++ < idev->cnf.rtr_solicits) {
+	if (idev->rs_probes++ < idev->cnf.rtr_solicits || idev->cnf.rtr_solicits == -1) {
 		write_unlock(&idev->lock);
 		if (!ipv6_get_lladdr(dev, &lladdr, IFA_F_TENTATIVE))
 			ndisc_send_rs(dev, &lladdr,
@@ -3949,7 +3949,7 @@ static void addrconf_dad_completed(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 	send_mld = ifp->scope == IFA_LINK && ipv6_lonely_lladdr(ifp);
 	send_rs = send_mld &&
 		  ipv6_accept_ra(ifp->idev) &&
-		  ifp->idev->cnf.rtr_solicits > 0 &&
+		  ifp->idev->cnf.rtr_solicits != 0 &&
 		  (dev->flags&IFF_LOOPBACK) == 0;
 	read_unlock_bh(&ifp->idev->lock);
 
@@ -5099,7 +5099,7 @@ static int inet6_set_iftoken(struct inet6_dev *idev, struct in6_addr *token)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!ipv6_accept_ra(idev))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (idev->cnf.rtr_solicits <= 0)
+	if (idev->cnf.rtr_solicits == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
@@ -5699,6 +5699,7 @@ int addrconf_sysctl_ignore_routes_with_linkdown(struct ctl_table *ctl,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static const int minus_one = -1;
 static const int one = 1;
 static const int two_five_five = 255;
 
@@ -5759,7 +5760,8 @@ static const struct ctl_table addrconf_sysctl[] = {
 		.data		= &ipv6_devconf.rtr_solicits,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= (void *)&minus_one,
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "router_solicitation_interval",
-- 
Hideaki Yoshifuji [off-list ref]
Technical Division, MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION
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