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| author |   Arun Ajith S <aajith@arista.com> | 2022-05-30 10:14:14 +0000 |
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| committer |   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> | 2022-05-31 11:36:57 +0200 |
| commit | 3e0b8f529c10037ae0b369fc892e524eae5a5485 (patch) | |
| tree | 41f7fe4b731d75b6c9ff0b73afd8b7affa56b562 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | bonding: show NS IPv6 targets in proc master info (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-3e0b8f529c10037ae0b369fc892e524eae5a5485.tar.xz linux-dev-3e0b8f529c10037ae0b369fc892e524eae5a5485.zip | |
net/ipv6: Expand and rename accept_unsolicited_na to accept_untracked_na
RFC 9131 changes default behaviour of handling RX of NA messages when the
corresponding entry is absent in the neighbour cache. The current
implementation is limited to accept just unsolicited NAs. However, the
RFC is more generic where it also accepts solicited NAs. Both types
should result in adding a STALE entry for this case.
Expand accept_untracked_na behaviour to also accept solicited NAs to
be compliant with the RFC and rename the sysctl knob to
accept_untracked_na.
Fixes: f9a2fb73318e ("net/ipv6: Introduce accept_unsolicited_na knob to implement router-side changes for RFC9131")
Signed-off-by: Arun Ajith S <aajith@arista.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220530101414.65439-1-aajith@arista.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 23 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index b882d4238581..04216564a03c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -2474,21 +2474,16 @@ drop_unsolicited_na - BOOLEAN By default this is turned off. -accept_unsolicited_na - BOOLEAN - Add a new neighbour cache entry in STALE state for routers on receiving an - unsolicited neighbour advertisement with target link-layer address option - specified. This is as per router-side behavior documented in RFC9131. - This has lower precedence than drop_unsolicited_na. +accept_untracked_na - BOOLEAN + Add a new neighbour cache entry in STALE state for routers on receiving a + neighbour advertisement (either solicited or unsolicited) with target + link-layer address option specified if no neighbour entry is already + present for the advertised IPv6 address. Without this knob, NAs received + for untracked addresses (absent in neighbour cache) are silently ignored. + + This is as per router-side behaviour documented in RFC9131. - ==== ====== ====== ============================================== - drop accept fwding behaviour - ---- ------ ------ ---------------------------------------------- - 1 X X Drop NA packet and don't pass up the stack - 0 0 X Pass NA packet up the stack, don't update NC - 0 1 0 Pass NA packet up the stack, don't update NC - 0 1 1 Pass NA packet up the stack, and add a STALE - NC entry - ==== ====== ====== ============================================== + This has lower precedence than drop_unsolicited_na. This will optimize the return path for the initial off-link communication that is initiated by a directly connected host, by ensuring that |