netdev - [PATCH] ipv6: Create module parameter for use

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Message-Id: <20110901062754.5D1642043D@glenhelen.mtv.corp.google.com>
Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:03:54 -0700
From:	Paul Stewart <pstew@...omium.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: Create module parameter for use_tempaddr

When ipv6 is used as a module, there is no good place to set
the default value for use_tempaddr.  Using sysctl.conf will
set this parameter too early -- before the module is loaded.
To solve this, create a module parameter that will set the
default value of use_tempaddr for all devices.

Signed-off-by: Paul Stewart <pstew@...omium.org>
---
 include/linux/ipv6.h |    1 +
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c  |    3 +++
 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c  |    8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 0c99776..0d45a7c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
 struct ipv6_params {
 	__s32 disable_ipv6;
 	__s32 autoconf;
+	__s32 use_tempaddr;
 };
 extern struct ipv6_params ipv6_defaults;
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index f012ebd..27314a2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4609,6 +4609,9 @@ static int __net_init addrconf_init_net(struct net *net)
 		/* these will be inherited by all namespaces */
 		dflt->autoconf = ipv6_defaults.autoconf;
 		dflt->disable_ipv6 = ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6;
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY
+		dflt->use_tempaddr = ipv6_defaults.use_tempaddr;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	net->ipv6.devconf_all = all;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 3b5669a..5022950 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inetsw6_lock);
 struct ipv6_params ipv6_defaults = {
 	.disable_ipv6 = 0,
 	.autoconf = 1,
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY
+	.use_tempaddr = 0,
+#endif
 };
 
 static int disable_ipv6_mod = 0;
@@ -89,6 +92,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_ipv6, "Disable IPv6 on all interfaces");
 module_param_named(autoconf, ipv6_defaults.autoconf, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(autoconf, "Enable IPv6 address autoconfiguration on all interfaces");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY
+module_param_named(use_tempaddr, ipv6_defaults.use_tempaddr, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_tempaddr, "Enable IPv6 address privacy for autoconfiguration by default");
+#endif
+
 static __inline__ struct ipv6_pinfo *inet6_sk_generic(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	const int offset = sk->sk_prot->obj_size - sizeof(struct ipv6_pinfo);
-- 
1.7.3.1

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