ipv6: add special mode forwarding=2 to send RS while configured as router
authorThomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org>
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:04:20 +0000 (03:04 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:43:14 +0000 (09:43 -0700)
commitc3bccac2fa76f1619dfe4fb7b9bee69de7f066d8
treef2271f01bae9c3d5c0557a550d62757b0061bf63
parent65e9b62d4503849b10bedfc29bff0473760cc597
ipv6: add special mode forwarding=2 to send RS while configured as router

Similar to accepting router advertisement, the IPv6 stack does not send router
solicitations if forwarding is enabled.

This patch enables this behavior to be overruled by setting forwarding to the
special value 2.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/addrconf.c