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[net,v2,5/5] Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: document addr_gen_mode

Message ID 893b7025f6c3d7f7b79fadf7d290da42a83467e9.1531129207.git.sd@queasysnail.net
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Series net/ipv6: addr_gen_mode fixes | expand

Commit Message

Sabrina Dubroca July 9, 2018, 10:25 a.m. UTC
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@queasysnail.net>
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 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

Comments

David Ahern July 9, 2018, 5:25 p.m. UTC | #1
On 7/9/18 4:25 AM, Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> 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@queasysnail.net>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
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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.