net: ipv6: Make address flushing on ifdown optional

Currently, all ipv6 addresses are flushed when the interface is configured
down, including global, static addresses:

$ ip -6 addr show dev eth1
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 state UP qlen 1000
inet6 2100:1::2/120 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::e0:f9ff:fe79:34bd/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
$ ip link set dev eth1 down
$ ip -6 addr show dev eth1
<< nothing; all addresses have been flushed>>

Add a new sysctl to make this behavior optional. The new setting defaults to
flush all addresses to maintain backwards compatibility. When the set global
addresses with no expire times are not flushed on an admin down. The sysctl
is per-interface or system-wide for all interfaces

$ sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.eth1.keep_addr_on_down=1
or
$ sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.keep_addr_on_down=1

Will keep addresses on eth1 on an admin down.

$ ip -6 addr show dev eth1
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 state UP qlen 1000
inet6 2100:1::2/120 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::e0:f9ff:fe79:34bd/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
$ ip link set dev eth1 down
$ ip -6 addr show dev eth1
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 state DOWN qlen 1000
inet6 2100:1::2/120 scope global tentative
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::e0:f9ff:fe79:34bd/64 scope link tentative
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[e-mail]>

Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt

···
 	Preferred lifetime (in seconds) for temporary addresses.
 	Default: 86400 (1 day)
 
+keep_addr_on_down - INTEGER
+	Keep all IPv6 addresses on an interface down event. If set static
+	global addresses with no expiration time are not flushed.
+	  >0 : enabled
+	   0 : system default
+	  <0 : disabled
+
+	Default: 0 (addresses are removed)
+
 max_desync_factor - INTEGER
 	Maximum value for DESYNC_FACTOR, which is a random value
 	that ensures that clients don't synchronize with each

include/linux/ipv6.h

···
 		struct in6_addr secret;
 	} stable_secret;
 	__s32		use_oif_addrs_only;
+	__s32		keep_addr_on_down;
 	void		*sysctl;
 };
 

include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h

···
 	DEVCONF_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN,
 	DEVCONF_DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST,
 	DEVCONF_DROP_UNSOLICITED_NA,
+	DEVCONF_KEEP_ADDR_ON_DOWN,
 	DEVCONF_MAX
 };
 

net/ipv6/addrconf.c

···
 	},
 	.use_oif_addrs_only	= 0,
 	.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0,
+	.keep_addr_on_down	= 0,
 };
 
 static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf_dflt __read_mostly = {
···
 	},
 	.use_oif_addrs_only	= 0,
 	.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0,
+	.keep_addr_on_down	= 0,
 };
 
 /* Check if a valid qdisc is available */
···
 }
 #endif
 
+static int fixup_permanent_addr(struct inet6_dev *idev,
+				struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
+{
+	if (!ifp->rt) {
+		struct rt6_info *rt;
+
+		rt = addrconf_dst_alloc(idev, &ifp->addr, false);
+		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(rt)))
+			return PTR_ERR(rt);
+
+		ifp->rt = rt;
+	}
+
+	if (!(ifp->flags & IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE)) {
+		addrconf_prefix_route(&ifp->addr, ifp->prefix_len,
+				      idev->dev, 0, 0);
+	}
+
+	addrconf_dad_start(ifp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void addrconf_permanent_addr(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp, *tmp;
+	struct inet6_dev *idev;
+
+	idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
+	if (!idev)
+		return;
+
+	write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ifp, tmp, &idev->addr_list, if_list) {
+		if ((ifp->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT) &&
+		    fixup_permanent_addr(idev, ifp) < 0) {
+			write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+			ipv6_del_addr(ifp);
+			write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
+
+			net_info_ratelimited("%s: Failed to add prefix route for address %pI6c; dropping\n",
+					     idev->dev->name, &ifp->addr);
+		}
+	}
+
+	write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+}
+
 static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 			   void *ptr)
 {
···
 
 			run_pending = 1;
 		}
+
+		/* restore routes for permanent addresses */
+		addrconf_permanent_addr(dev);
 
 		switch (dev->type) {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6_SIT)
···
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 	struct inet6_dev *idev;
-	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa;
+	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa, *tmp;
+	struct list_head del_list;
+	int _keep_addr;
+	bool keep_addr;
 	int state, i;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
···
 
 	}
 
+	/* aggregate the system setting and interface setting */
+	_keep_addr = net->ipv6.devconf_all->keep_addr_on_down;
+	if (!_keep_addr)
+		_keep_addr = idev->cnf.keep_addr_on_down;
+
+	/* combine the user config with event to determine if permanent
+	 * addresses are to be removed from address hash table
+	 */
+	keep_addr = !(how || _keep_addr <= 0);
+
 	/* Step 2: clear hash table */
 	for (i = 0; i < IN6_ADDR_HSIZE; i++) {
 		struct hlist_head *h = &inet6_addr_lst[i];
···
 restart:
 		hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(ifa, h, addr_lst) {
 			if (ifa->idev == idev) {
-				hlist_del_init_rcu(&ifa->addr_lst);
 				addrconf_del_dad_work(ifa);
-				goto restart;
+				/* combined flag + permanent flag decide if
+				 * address is retained on a down event
+				 */
+				if (!keep_addr ||
+				    !(ifa->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT)) {
+					hlist_del_init_rcu(&ifa->addr_lst);
+					goto restart;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&addrconf_hash_lock);
···
 		write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
 	}
 
-	while (!list_empty(&idev->addr_list)) {
-		ifa = list_first_entry(&idev->addr_list,
-				       struct inet6_ifaddr, if_list);
+	/* re-combine the user config with event to determine if permanent
+	 * addresses are to be removed from the interface list
+	 */
+	keep_addr = (!how && _keep_addr > 0);
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&del_list);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ifa, tmp, &idev->addr_list, if_list) {
 		addrconf_del_dad_work(ifa);
 
-		list_del(&ifa->if_list);
-
 		write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
-
 		spin_lock_bh(&ifa->lock);
-		state = ifa->state;
-		ifa->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD;
+
+		if (keep_addr && (ifa->flags & IFA_F_PERMANENT)) {
+			/* set state to skip the notifier below */
+			state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD;
+			ifa->state = 0;
+			if (!(ifa->flags & IFA_F_NODAD))
+				ifa->flags |= IFA_F_TENTATIVE;
+		} else {
+			state = ifa->state;
+			ifa->state = INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD;
+
+			list_del(&ifa->if_list);
+			list_add(&ifa->if_list, &del_list);
+		}
+
 		spin_unlock_bh(&ifa->lock);
 
 		if (state != INET6_IFADDR_STATE_DEAD) {
 			__ipv6_ifa_notify(RTM_DELADDR, ifa);
 			inet6addr_notifier_call_chain(NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
 		}
-		in6_ifa_put(ifa);
 
 		write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
 	}
 
 	write_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+
+	/* now clean up addresses to be removed */
+	while (!list_empty(&del_list)) {
+		ifa = list_first_entry(&del_list,
+				       struct inet6_ifaddr, if_list);
+		list_del(&ifa->if_list);
+
+		in6_ifa_put(ifa);
+	}
 
 	/* Step 5: Discard anycast and multicast list */
 	if (how) {
···
 	array[DEVCONF_USE_OIF_ADDRS_ONLY] = cnf->use_oif_addrs_only;
 	array[DEVCONF_DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST] = cnf->drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast;
 	array[DEVCONF_DROP_UNSOLICITED_NA] = cnf->drop_unsolicited_na;
+	array[DEVCONF_KEEP_ADDR_ON_DOWN] = cnf->keep_addr_on_down;
 }
 
 static inline size_t inet6_ifla6_size(void)
···
 			if (rt)
 				ip6_del_rt(rt);
 		}
-		dst_hold(&ifp->rt->dst);
+		if (ifp->rt) {
+			dst_hold(&ifp->rt->dst);
 
-		ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt);
-
+			ip6_del_rt(ifp->rt);
+			ifp->rt = NULL;
+		}
 		rt_genid_bump_ipv6(net);
 		break;
 	}
···
 			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 			.mode		= 0644,
 			.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		},
+		{
+			.procname       = "keep_addr_on_down",
+			.data           = &ipv6_devconf.keep_addr_on_down,
+			.maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+			.mode           = 0644,
+			.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec,
+
 		},
 		{
 			/* sentinel */