netdev - why are IPv6 addresses removed on link down

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Message-ID: <54B4A7E4.7030301@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2015 22:06:44 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: why are IPv6 addresses removed on link down

We noticed that IPv6 addresses are removed on a link down. e.g.,
   ip link set dev eth1


Looking at the code it appears to be this code path in addrconf.c:

         case NETDEV_DOWN:
         case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
                 /*
                  *      Remove all addresses from this interface.
                  */
                 addrconf_ifdown(dev, event != NETDEV_DOWN);
                 break;

IPv4 addresses are NOT removed on a link down. Is there a particular 
reason IPv6 addresses are?

Thanks,
David
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