[PATCH] ipv6: make the net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr sysctl propagate to interface settings

[Tim Gardner]

On 12/14/2011 09:10 AM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're trying to enable IPv6 privacy extensions by default in Ubuntu, and
> I've noticed issues applying the sysctl settings: applying
> net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr which I'd expect, readying docs, to be
> propagated to the underlying interface-specific settings (e.g.
> net.ipv6.conf.eth0.use_tempaddr) for already-available interfaces; which
> does not work.
>
> Ideally at boot-time, one would only need to set the following settings:
> net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr   (to modify already-up/added interfaces)
> net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr (for future new interfaces)
>
> I wrote the attached patch which appears to correctly set the value of
> net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr on the interfaces when changed. I would
> be very grateful if I could get some review on that patch before
> submitting it upstream.
>
> It seems as though the issue is generally reproduced for most of the
> other ipv6 settings, and my reading of
> Documentation/networking/ip-sysctls.txt and net/ipv6/Kconfig (the help
> entry for IPV6_PRIVACY), but I'm concentrating on just use_tempaddr
> which is something we'd really need to make work.
>
> For more information about these issues, I found
> https://otrs.menandmice.com/otrs/public.pl?Action=PublicFAQ&ItemID=91
> which also links two bugzilla.kernel.org bugs (which I unfortunately
> can't reach). It's also been discussed in the past on netdev
> (http://markmail.org/thread/pxw4o7p2k3xn5vh3#query:+page:1
> +mid:pxw4o7p2k3xn5vh3+state:results ) and on debian-kernel (can't find
> the thread again).
>
> Please keep me in CC; I'm not subscribed to this list.
>
> Regards,
>
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What kernel is this supposed to apply to?

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com