netdev - [PATCH net v2 5/5] Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: document addr_gen

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Date:   Mon,  9 Jul 2018 12:25:18 +0200
From:   Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Felix Jia <felix.jia@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Subject: [PATCH net v2 5/5] Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: document addr_gen_mode

addr_gen_mode was introduced in without documentation, add it now.

Fixes: d35a00b8e33d ("net/ipv6: allow sysctl to change link-local address generation mode")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ce8fbf5aa63c..c6df84be12f9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1834,6 +1834,16 @@ stable_secret - IPv6 address
 
 	By default the stable secret is unset.
 
+addr_gen_mode - INTEGER
+	Defines how link-local and autoconf addresses are generated.
+
+	0: generate address based on EUI64 (default)
+	1: do no generate a link-local address, use EUI64 for addresses generated
+	   from autoconf
+	2: generate stable privacy addresses, using the secret from
+	   stable_secret (RFC7217)
+	3: generate stable privacy addresses, using a random secret if unset
+
 drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast - BOOLEAN
 	Drop any unicast IPv6 packets that are received in link-layer
 	multicast (or broadcast) frames.