Re: [PATCH] ipv6: no addrconf for slave devices

From: David Ahern
Date: Fri Oct 16 2015 - 12:14:56 EST


On 10/16/15 10:12 AM, Jan Blunck wrote:
On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM, David Ahern <dsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 10/16/15 9:57 AM, Jan Blunck wrote:


I don't think that enslaved ports should get network layer addresses.
This is one example with a team device:


for VRF devices we do want the enslaved links to have link local addresses.


That is interesting. As far I can see you are setting IFF_SLAVE in
do_vrf_add_slave() and therefore already stop IPv6 addrconf.


Check net-next. That had to be removed to get IPv6 working.

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