net: add ARP notify option for devices

This adds another inet device option to enable gratuitous ARP when device is brought up or address change. This is handy for clusters or virtualization. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
mariux64 · Feb 1, 2009 · eefef1c · eefef1c
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -782,6 +782,12 @@ arp_ignore - INTEGER
 	The max value from conf/{all,interface}/arp_ignore is used
 	when ARP request is received on the {interface}
 
+arp_notify - BOOLEAN
+	Define mode for notification of address and device changes.
+	0 - (default): do nothing
+	1 - Generate gratuitous arp replies when device is brought up
+	    or hardware address changes.
+
 arp_accept - BOOLEAN
 	Define behavior when gratuitous arp replies are received:
 	0 - drop gratuitous arp frames

diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static inline void ipv4_devconf_setall(struct in_device *in_dev)
 #define IN_DEV_ARPFILTER(in_dev)	IN_DEV_ORCONF((in_dev), ARPFILTER)
 #define IN_DEV_ARP_ANNOUNCE(in_dev)	IN_DEV_MAXCONF((in_dev), ARP_ANNOUNCE)
 #define IN_DEV_ARP_IGNORE(in_dev)	IN_DEV_MAXCONF((in_dev), ARP_IGNORE)
+#define IN_DEV_ARP_NOTIFY(in_dev)	IN_DEV_MAXCONF((in_dev), ARP_NOTIFY)
 
 struct in_ifaddr
 {

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ enum
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_IGNORE=19,
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_PROMOTE_SECONDARIES=20,
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_ACCEPT=21,
+	NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_NOTIFY=22,
 	__NET_IPV4_CONF_MAX
 };
 

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_check.c b/kernel/sysctl_check.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static const struct trans_ctl_table trans_net_ipv4_conf_vars_table[] = {
 	{ NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_IGNORE,		"arp_ignore" },
 	{ NET_IPV4_CONF_PROMOTE_SECONDARIES,	"promote_secondaries" },
 	{ NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_ACCEPT,		"arp_accept" },
+	{ NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_NOTIFY,		"arp_notify" },
 	{}
 };
 

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1075,6 +1075,14 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 			}
 		}
 		ip_mc_up(in_dev);
+		/* fall through */
+	case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
+		if (IN_DEV_ARP_NOTIFY(in_dev))
+			arp_send(ARPOP_REQUEST, ETH_P_ARP,
+				 in_dev->ifa_list->ifa_address,
+				 dev,
+				 in_dev->ifa_list->ifa_address,
+				 NULL, dev->dev_addr, NULL);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
 		ip_mc_down(in_dev);
@@ -1439,6 +1447,7 @@ static struct devinet_sysctl_table {
 		DEVINET_SYSCTL_RW_ENTRY(ARP_ANNOUNCE, "arp_announce"),
 		DEVINET_SYSCTL_RW_ENTRY(ARP_IGNORE, "arp_ignore"),
 		DEVINET_SYSCTL_RW_ENTRY(ARP_ACCEPT, "arp_accept"),
+		DEVINET_SYSCTL_RW_ENTRY(ARP_NOTIFY, "arp_notify"),
 
 		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(NOXFRM, "disable_xfrm"),
 		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(NOPOLICY, "disable_policy"),