Nest: Maintain separate IPv4, IPv6 and LLv6 preferred addresses

Also redesign preferred address selection and update protocols to use
appropriate preferred address.

Based on a previous work by Jan Maria Matejka.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/nest/iface.h b/nest/iface.h
index de5070d6..59b1253c 100644
--- a/nest/iface.h
+++ b/nest/iface.h
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ struct iface {
   unsigned mtu;
   unsigned index;			/* OS-dependent interface index */
   list addrs;				/* Addresses assigned to this interface */
-  struct ifa *addr;			/* Primary address */
+  struct ifa *addr4;			/* Primary address for IPv4 */
+  struct ifa *addr6;			/* Primary address for IPv6 */
+  struct ifa *llv6;			/* Primary link-local address for IPv6 */
+  ip4_addr sysdep;			/* Arbitrary IPv4 address for internal sysdep use */
   list neighbors;			/* All neighbors on this interface */
 };
 
-#define IF_UP 1				/* IF_ADMIN_UP and IP address known */
+#define IF_UP 1				/* Currently just IF_ADMIN_UP */
 #define IF_MULTIACCESS 2
 #define IF_BROADCAST 4
 #define IF_MULTICAST 8
@@ -70,7 +73,10 @@ struct iface {
 
 #define IF_JUST_CREATED 0x10000000	/* Send creation event as soon as possible */
 #define IF_TMP_DOWN 0x20000000		/* Temporary shutdown due to interface reconfiguration */
-#define IF_UPDATED 0x40000000		/* Touched in last scan */
+#define IF_UPDATED 0x40000000		/* Iface touched in last scan */
+#define IF_NEEDS_RECALC	0x80000000	/* Preferred address recalculation is needed */
+
+#define IA_UPDATED IF_UPDATED		/* Address touched in last scan */
 
 /* Interface change events */
 
@@ -79,8 +85,14 @@ struct iface {
 #define IF_CHANGE_MTU 4
 #define IF_CHANGE_CREATE 8		/* Seen this interface for the first time */
 #define IF_CHANGE_LINK 0x10
+#define IF_CHANGE_ADDR4	0x100		/* Change of iface->addr4 */
+#define IF_CHANGE_ADDR6	0x200		/* ... */
+#define IF_CHANGE_LLV6 0x400
+#define IF_CHANGE_SYSDEP 0x800
 #define IF_CHANGE_TOO_MUCH 0x40000000	/* Used internally */
 
+#define IF_CHANGE_PREFERRED (IF_CHANGE_ADDR4 | IF_CHANGE_ADDR6 | IF_CHANGE_LLV6)
+
 void if_init(void);
 void if_dump(struct iface *);
 void if_dump_all(void);
@@ -99,7 +111,7 @@ void if_feed_baby(struct proto *);
 struct iface *if_find_by_index(unsigned);
 struct iface *if_find_by_name(char *);
 struct iface *if_get_by_name(char *);
-void ifa_recalc_all_primary_addresses(void);
+void if_recalc_all_preferred_addresses(void);
 
 
 /* The Neighbor Cache */