netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ipv6 addrconf: add IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE flag to suppress creation of IP6 routes

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:42:37 +0100
From:	Thomas Haller <thaller@...hat.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, dcbw@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ipv6 addrconf: add IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE flag to
 suppress creation of IP6 routes

On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 17:03 +0100, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 03:39:11PM +0100, Thomas Haller wrote:
> > Now, the IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE flag is saved in ifp->flags.
> > The second patch reworks the deletion of addresses/cleanup of prefix
> > routes and considers IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE.
> > 
> > Thomas Haller (2):
> >   ipv6 addrconf: add IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE flag to suppress creation of
> >     IP6 routes
> >   ipv6 addrconf: don't cleanup route prefix for IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE
> 
> Maybe you could look into if a small patch implementing noprefixroute would be
> doable. That would help testing these changes a lot. ;)
> 
> Greetings,
> 
>   Hannes
> 

Just for reference:

I sent an email "[patch iproute2 v3 3/3] add support for IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE"
with a patch for iproute2.


Thomas



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