From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [patch net-next 2/2] ipv6 addrconf: introduce IFA_F_MANAGETEMPADDR to tell kernel to manage temporary addresses Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:35:24 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20131206.163524.1939184522364402939.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1386319522-2102-1-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> <1386319522-2102-3-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, jmorris@namei.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, kaber@trash.net, thaller@redhat.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, hannes@stressinduktion.org, vyasevich@gmail.com, dcbw@redhat.com, David.Laight@ACULAB.COM To: jiri@resnulli.us Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:42788 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758386Ab3LFVf0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Dec 2013 16:35:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1386319522-2102-3-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jiri Pirko Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:45:22 +0100 > Creating an address with this flag set will result in kernel taking care > of temporary addresses in the same way as if the address was created by > kernel itself (after RA receive). This allows userspace applications > implementing the autoconfiguration (NetworkManager for example) to > implement ipv6 addresses privacy. > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko > Signed-off-by: Thomas Haller Applied.