From 47f0bd5032106469827cf56c8b45bb9101112105 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacques de Laval Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:02:02 +0100 Subject: net: Add new protocol attribute to IP addresses This patch adds a new protocol attribute to IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Inspiration was taken from the protocol attribute of routes. User space applications like iproute2 can set/get the protocol with the Netlink API. The attribute is stored as an 8-bit unsigned integer. The protocol attribute is set by kernel for these categories: - IPv4 and IPv6 loopback addresses - IPv6 addresses generated from router announcements - IPv6 link local addresses User space may pass custom protocols, not defined by the kernel. Grouping addresses on their origin is useful in scenarios where you want to distinguish between addresses based on who added them, e.g. kernel vs. user space. Tagging addresses with a string label is an existing feature that could be used as a solution. Unfortunately the max length of a label is 15 characters, and for compatibility reasons the label must be prefixed with the name of the device followed by a colon. Since device names also have a max length of 15 characters, only -1 characters is guaranteed to be available for any origin tag, which is not that much. A reference implementation of user space setting and getting protocols is available for iproute2: https://github.com/westermo/iproute2/commit/9a6ea18bd79f47f293e5edc7780f315ea42ff540 Signed-off-by: Jacques de Laval Reviewed-by: David Ahern Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220217150202.80802-1-Jacques.De.Laval@westermo.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- include/net/addrconf.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/net/addrconf.h') diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h index 59940e230b78..f7506f08e505 100644 --- a/include/net/addrconf.h +++ b/include/net/addrconf.h @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ struct ifa6_config { const struct in6_addr *pfx; unsigned int plen; + u8 ifa_proto; + const struct in6_addr *peer_pfx; u32 rt_priority; -- cgit v1.2.3