[PATCH 2/4] net: ndisc: introduce ndisc_evict_nocarrier sysctl parameter

[James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>]

In most situations the neighbor discovery cache should be cleared on a
NOCARRIER event which is currently done unconditionally. But for wireless
roams the neighbor discovery cache can and should remain intact since
the underlying network has not changed.

This patch introduces a sysctl option ndisc_evict_nocarrier which can
be disabled by a wireless supplicant during a roam. This allows packets
to be sent after a roam immediately without having to wait for
neighbor discovery.

A user reported roughly a 1 second delay after a roam before packets
could be sent out (note, on IPv4). This delay was due to the ARP
cache being cleared. During testing of this same scenario using IPv6
no delay was noticed, but regardless there is no reason to clear
the ndisc cache for wireless roams.

Signed-off-by: James Prestwood <prestwoj@gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/ipv6.h      |  1 +
 include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h |  1 +
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c       | 10 ++++++++++
 net/ipv6/ndisc.c          |  5 ++++-
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/ipv6.h b/include/linux/ipv6.h
index 70b2ad3b9884..72297d759a23 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct ipv6_devconf {
 	__s32		disable_policy;
 	__s32           ndisc_tclass;
 	__s32		rpl_seg_enabled;
+	__u32		ndisc_evict_nocarrier;
 
 	struct ctl_table_header *sysctl_header;
 };
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h b/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
index 70603775fe91..999b290d79c3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ enum {
 	DEVCONF_NDISC_TCLASS,
 	DEVCONF_RPL_SEG_ENABLED,
 	DEVCONF_RA_DEFRTR_METRIC,
+	DEVCONF_NDISC_EVICT_NOCARRIER,
 	DEVCONF_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 701eb82acd1c..b538054f8d0d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf __read_mostly = {
 	.addr_gen_mode		= IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_EUI64,
 	.disable_policy		= 0,
 	.rpl_seg_enabled	= 0,
+	.ndisc_evict_nocarrier	= 1,
 };
 
 static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf_dflt __read_mostly = {
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ static struct ipv6_devconf ipv6_devconf_dflt __read_mostly = {
 	.addr_gen_mode		= IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_EUI64,
 	.disable_policy		= 0,
 	.rpl_seg_enabled	= 0,
+	.ndisc_evict_nocarrier	= 1,
 };
 
 /* Check if link is ready: is it up and is a valid qdisc available */
@@ -5526,6 +5528,7 @@ static inline void ipv6_store_devconf(struct ipv6_devconf *cnf,
 	array[DEVCONF_DISABLE_POLICY] = cnf->disable_policy;
 	array[DEVCONF_NDISC_TCLASS] = cnf->ndisc_tclass;
 	array[DEVCONF_RPL_SEG_ENABLED] = cnf->rpl_seg_enabled;
+	array[DEVCONF_NDISC_EVICT_NOCARRIER] = cnf->ndisc_evict_nocarrier;
 }
 
 static inline size_t inet6_ifla6_size(void)
@@ -6932,6 +6935,13 @@ static const struct ctl_table addrconf_sysctl[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "ndisc_evict_nocarrier",
+		.data		= &ipv6_devconf.ndisc_evict_nocarrier,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
 	{
 		/* sentinel */
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index c467c6419893..d80346a2a789 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1805,10 +1805,13 @@ static int ndisc_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 		in6_dev_put(idev);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
+		idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
+		if (!idev)
+			break;
 		change_info = ptr;
 		if (change_info->flags_changed & IFF_NOARP)
 			neigh_changeaddr(&nd_tbl, dev);
-		if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+		if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev) && idev->cnf.ndisc_evict_nocarrier)
 			neigh_carrier_down(&nd_tbl, dev);
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
-- 
2.31.1