net: ipv6 sysctl option to ignore routes when nexthop link is down

Like the ipv4 patch with a similar title, this adds a sysctl to allow
the user to change routing behavior based on whether or not the
interface associated with the nexthop was an up or down link.  The
default setting preserves the current behavior, but anyone that enables
it will notice that nexthops on down interfaces will no longer be
selected:

net.ipv6.conf.all.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0
net.ipv6.conf.default.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0
net.ipv6.conf.lo.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0
...

When the above sysctls are set, not only will link status be reported to
userspace, but an indication that a nexthop is dead and will not be used
is also reported.

1000::/8 via 7000::2 dev p7p1  metric 1024 dead linkdown  pref medium
1000::/8 via 8000::2 dev p8p1  metric 1024  pref medium
7000::/8 dev p7p1  proto kernel  metric 256 dead linkdown  pref medium
8000::/8 dev p8p1  proto kernel  metric 256  pref medium
9000::/8 via 8000::2 dev p8p1  metric 2048  pref medium
9000::/8 via 7000::2 dev p7p1  metric 1024 dead linkdown  pref medium
fe80::/64 dev p7p1  proto kernel  metric 256 dead linkdown  pref medium
fe80::/64 dev p8p1  proto kernel  metric 256  pref medium

This also adds devconf support and notification when sysctl values
change.

v2: drop use of rt6i_nhflags since it is not needed right now

Signed-off-by: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Dinesh Dutt <ddutt@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index cb9dcad72372..f1f32af6d9b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
 	__s32		accept_ra_defrtr;
 	__s32		accept_ra_min_hop_limit;
 	__s32		accept_ra_pinfo;
+	__s32		ignore_routes_with_linkdown;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
 	__s32		accept_ra_rtr_pref;
 	__s32		rtr_probe_interval;