PUREIP device such as ccmni does not need kernel to generate
link-local address in any addr_gen_mode, generally, it shall
use the IPv6 Interface Identifier, as provided by the GGSN,
to create its IPv6 link-ocal Unicast Address.
Signed-off-by: Rocco Yue <[email protected]>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9edc5bb2d531..5e8134d3e704 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3337,7 +3337,8 @@ static void addrconf_dev_config(struct net_device *dev)
(dev->type != ARPHRD_IPGRE) &&
(dev->type != ARPHRD_TUNNEL) &&
(dev->type != ARPHRD_NONE) &&
- (dev->type != ARPHRD_RAWIP)) {
+ (dev->type != ARPHRD_RAWIP) &&
+ (dev->type != ARPHRD_PUREIP)) {
/* Alas, we support only Ethernet autoconfiguration. */
idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(idev) && dev->flags & IFF_UP &&
@@ -3350,6 +3351,12 @@ static void addrconf_dev_config(struct net_device *dev)
if (IS_ERR(idev))
return;
+ /* this device type doesn't need to generate
+ * link-local address in any addr_gen_mode
+ */
+ if (dev->type == ARPHRD_PUREIP)
+ return;
+
/* this device type has no EUI support */
if (dev->type == ARPHRD_NONE &&
idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode == IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_EUI64)
--
2.18.0
On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:58:09 +0800 Rocco Yue wrote:
> PUREIP device such as ccmni does not need kernel to generate
> link-local address in any addr_gen_mode, generally, it shall
> use the IPv6 Interface Identifier, as provided by the GGSN,
> to create its IPv6 link-ocal Unicast Address.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rocco Yue <[email protected]>
There is no ccmni driver in the tree - is this for non-upstream
driver?
On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:03:11 +0800 rocco.yue wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-02-04 at 14:06 +0800, rocco.yue wrote:
> > On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 19:07 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:58:09 +0800 Rocco Yue wrote:
> [...]
> > >
> > > There is no ccmni driver in the tree - is this for non-upstream
> > > driver?
> >
> > ccmni is the name of MediaTek mobile interface, currently, it is
> > non-upstream driver and we plan to upstream these driver codes this
> > year.
> >
> > Honestly, the reason why upstreamed this patch is not only that it can
> > be used by ccmni, but also I observed that the current Linux kernel does
> > not generate ipv6 link-local address only when addr_gen_mode ==
> > IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_NONE. We hope kernel can add a device type so that no
> > ipv6 link-local address can be generated in any addr_gen_mode.
>
> gentle ping for this patch set.
We don't merge patches without upstream users.