netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 0/3] do not set IPv6-only options on IPv4 addresses

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:20:41 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 0/3] do not set IPv6-only options on IPv4
 addresses

On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:05:52 +0200
Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com> wrote:

> 'home', 'nodad' and 'mngtmpaddr' options are IPv6-only, but
> it is possible to set them on IPv4 addresses, too. This should
> not be possible.
> 
> Fix this adding a check on the protocol family before setting
> the flags, and exiting with invarg() on error.
> 
> Andrea Claudi (3):
>   ip address: do not set nodad option for IPv4 addresses
>   ip address: do not set home option for IPv4 addresses
>   ip address: do not set mngtmpaddr option for IPv4 addresses
> 
>  ip/ipaddress.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

Maybe this should be a warning, not a failure.
A little concerned that there will be some user with a scripted setup
that this breaks.