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Message-Id: <201007051212.31554.michal.humpula@web4u.cz>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:12:31 +0200
From: Michal Humpula <michal.humpula@...4u.cz>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next-2.6 v2] ipv6: adding ip_nonlocal_bind option from ipv4
Adds ability to bind to non-local IPv6 address the same way as for IPv4
Signed-off-by: Michal Humpula <michal.humpula@...4u.cz>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index f350c69..1ebed5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -963,6 +963,11 @@ bindv6only - BOOLEAN
Default: FALSE (as specified in RFC2553bis)
+ipv6_nonlocal_bind - BOOLEAN
+ If set, allows processes to bind() to non-local IPv6 addresses,
+ which can be quite useful - but may break some applications.
+ Default: 0
+
IPv6 Fragmentation:
ip6frag_high_thresh - INTEGER
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 7bb5cb6..8957ead 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ enum {
NET_IPV6_IP6FRAG_TIME=23,
NET_IPV6_IP6FRAG_SECRET_INTERVAL=24,
NET_IPV6_MLD_MAX_MSF=25,
+ NET_IPV6_NONLOCAL_BIND=26
};
enum {
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 1f84124..f459fcb 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ static inline int snmp6_unregister_dev(struct inet6_dev *idev) { return 0; }
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
+extern int sysctl_ipv6_nonlocal_bind;
+
extern ctl_table ipv6_route_table_template[];
extern ctl_table ipv6_icmp_table_template[];
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index 1357c57..525edae 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ static const struct bin_table bin_net_ipv6_table[] = {
{ CTL_DIR, NET_IPV6_ROUTE, "route", bin_net_ipv6_route_table },
{ CTL_DIR, NET_IPV6_ICMP, "icmp", bin_net_ipv6_icmp_table },
{ CTL_INT, NET_IPV6_BINDV6ONLY, "bindv6only" },
+ { CTL_INT, NET_IPV6_NONLOCAL_BIND, "ipv6_nonlocal_bind" },
{ CTL_INT, NET_IPV6_IP6FRAG_HIGH_THRESH, "ip6frag_high_thresh" },
{ CTL_INT, NET_IPV6_IP6FRAG_LOW_THRESH, "ip6frag_low_thresh" },
{ CTL_INT, NET_IPV6_IP6FRAG_TIME, "ip6frag_time" },
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index e830cd4..ed59ec4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ out_rcu_unlock:
goto out;
}
+int sysctl_ipv6_nonlocal_bind __read_mostly;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysctl_ipv6_nonlocal_bind);
/* bind for INET6 API */
int inet6_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
@@ -342,12 +344,11 @@ int inet6_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
* unspecified and mapped address have a v4 equivalent.
*/
v4addr = LOOPBACK4_IPV6;
- if (!(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST)) {
- if (!ipv6_chk_addr(net, &addr->sin6_addr,
- dev, 0)) {
- err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
- goto out_unlock;
- }
+ if (!(addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST) &&
+ !sysctl_ipv6_nonlocal_bind &&
+ !ipv6_chk_addr(net, &addr->sin6_addr, dev, 0)) {
+ err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+ goto out_unlock;
}
rcu_read_unlock();
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
index fa1d8f4..56bfe76 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ static ctl_table ipv6_table_template[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec
},
+ {
+ .procname = "ipv6_nonlocal_bind",
+ .data = &sysctl_ipv6_nonlocal_bind,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dointvec
+ },
{ }
};
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