@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum {
IFA_CACHEINFO,
IFA_MULTICAST,
IFA_FLAGS,
+ IFA_RT_PRIORITY, /* u32, priority/metric for prefix route */
__IFA_MAX,
};
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void usage(void)
fprintf(stderr, " ip address {showdump|restore}\n");
fprintf(stderr, "IFADDR := PREFIX | ADDR peer PREFIX\n");
fprintf(stderr, " [ broadcast ADDR ] [ anycast ADDR ]\n");
- fprintf(stderr, " [ label IFNAME ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ]\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " [ label IFNAME ] [ scope SCOPE-ID ] [ metric METRIC ]\n");
fprintf(stderr, "SCOPE-ID := [ host | link | global | NUMBER ]\n");
fprintf(stderr, "FLAG-LIST := [ FLAG-LIST ] FLAG\n");
fprintf(stderr, "FLAG := [ permanent | dynamic | secondary | primary |\n");
@@ -1328,6 +1328,10 @@ int print_addrinfo(const struct sockaddr_nl *who, struct nlmsghdr *n,
rta_tb[IFA_ADDRESS]));
}
print_int(PRINT_ANY, "prefixlen", "/%d ", ifa->ifa_prefixlen);
+
+ if (rta_tb[IFA_RT_PRIORITY])
+ print_uint(PRINT_ANY, "metric", "metric %u ",
+ rta_getattr_u32(rta_tb[IFA_RT_PRIORITY]));
}
if (brief)
@@ -2119,6 +2123,15 @@ static int ipaddr_modify(int cmd, int flags, int argc, char **argv)
NEXT_ARG();
l = *argv;
addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof(req), IFA_LABEL, l, strlen(l)+1);
+ } else if (matches(*argv, "metric") == 0 ||
+ matches(*argv, "priority") == 0 ||
+ matches(*argv, "preference") == 0) {
+ __u32 metric;
+
+ NEXT_ARG();
+ if (get_u32(&metric, *argv, 0))
+ invarg("\"metric\" value is invalid\n", *argv);
+ addattr32(&req.n, sizeof(req), IFA_RT_PRIORITY, metric);
} else if (matches(*argv, "valid_lft") == 0) {
if (valid_lftp)
duparg("valid_lft", *argv);
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ ip-address \- protocol address management
.IR IFNAME " ] [ "
.B scope
.IR SCOPE-ID " ] [ "
+.B metric
+.IR METRIC " ] [ "
.B to
.IR PREFIX " ] [ " FLAG-LIST " ] [ "
.B label
@@ -215,6 +217,10 @@ valid inside this site.
.in -8
.TP
+.BI metric " NUMBER"
+priority of prefix route associated with address.
+
+.TP
.BI valid_lft " LFT"
the valid lifetime of this address; see section 5.5.4 of
RFC 4862. When it expires, the address is removed by the kernel.