Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net/ipv6: delete temporary address if mngtmpaddr is removed or un-mngtmpaddr

[David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>]

On 11/15/24 1:46 PM, Sam Edwards wrote:
> Hi Hangbin,
> 
> It took me a while to grasp but the problem seems to be a confusion
> about what it means to set a temporary's lifetimes to 0/0:
> 1) "The mngtmpaddrs has gone away; this temporary is slated for
> deletion by addrconf_verify_rtnl()"
> 2) "This temporary address itself shall no longer be used, regenerate
> it immediately."
> 
> The existing behavior makes sense for the #2 case, but not for the #1
> case. It seems sensible to me to keep the #2 behavior as-is, because
> userspace might be setting a 0/0 lifetime to forcibly rotate the
> temporary.
> 
> So it sounds like (at least) one of three fixes is in order:
> a) Make ipv6_create_tempaddr() verify that the `ifp` is (still)
> alive+mngtmpaddrs, returning with an error code if not.
> b) Look at the 3 callsites for ipv6_create_tempaddr() and add the
> above verifications before calling.
> c) Add a function that calls ipv6_del_addr(temp) for every temporary
> with a specified ifpub, and use it instead of manage_tempaddrs(..., 0,
> 0, false, ...) when deleting/unflagging a mngtmpaddrs.
> 
> Personally I like option C the best. What are your thoughts?
> 
> Cheers,

Off the top of my head regarding recent changes, please include Maciej:

commit 69172f0bcb6a09110c5d2a6d792627f5095a9018
Author: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@google.com>
Date:   Thu Jul 20 09:00:22 2023 -0700

    ipv6 addrconf: fix bug where deleting a mngtmpaddr can create a new
temporary address



and Alex in discussions around changes to temp addresses

commit f4bcbf360ac8dc424dc4d2b384b528e69b6f34d9
Author: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Feb 13 23:26:32 2024 -0700

    net: ipv6/addrconf: clamp preferred_lft to the minimum required