From: Yuyang Huang <sigefriedhyy@gmail.com>
To: Yuyang Huang <sigefriedhyy@gmail.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@meta.com>,
Chris J Arges <carges@cloudflare.com>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>, David Wei <dw@davidwei.uk>,
Dimitri Daskalakis <dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com>,
Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>, Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 01/10] ipv6: add ip6_del_rt_reason()
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:07:30 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729120739.47880-2-sigefriedhyy@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260729120739.47880-1-sigefriedhyy@gmail.com>
Add RTA_DEL_REASON and enum rta_del_reason to the rtnetlink uAPI, and
add ip6_del_rt_reason(), which takes the reason a route is being
deleted. ip6_del_rt() becomes a wrapper that passes
RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC, so its callers do not change.
The reason is unused for now. Subsequent patches propagate it to the
deletion path and report it on RTM_DELROUTE.
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <sigefriedhyy@gmail.com>
---
include/net/ip6_route.h | 9 +++++++++
include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
net/ipv6/route.c | 8 +++++++-
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h
index 09ffe0f13ce7..92ad5a0d03a2 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -128,12 +128,21 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg, gfp_t gfp_flags,
int ip6_ins_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
int ip6_del_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i, bool skip_notify);
+int ip6_del_rt_reason(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i, bool skip_notify,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason);
#else
static inline int ip6_del_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i,
bool skip_notify)
{
return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
}
+
+static inline int ip6_del_rt_reason(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *f6i,
+ bool skip_notify,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason)
+{
+ return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+}
#endif
void rt6_flush_exceptions(struct fib6_info *f6i);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 27265fd31e5f..fe00e624f3c3 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ enum rtattr_type_t {
RTA_DPORT,
RTA_NH_ID,
RTA_FLOWLABEL,
+ RTA_DEL_REASON,
__RTA_MAX
};
@@ -407,6 +408,22 @@ enum rtattr_type_t {
#define RTM_RTA(r) ((struct rtattr*)(((char*)(r)) + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtmsg))))
#define RTM_PAYLOAD(n) NLMSG_PAYLOAD(n,sizeof(struct rtmsg))
+/* RTA_DEL_REASON: why the kernel deleted the route. u32.
+ * Emitted only on RTM_DELROUTE notifications, and only when the deletion
+ * path records a cause. Absence means either an older kernel or a
+ * deletion path that does not (yet) record its cause - consumers must
+ * treat "absent" and "unspec" identically. New causes may be appended.
+ * Currently only IPv6 deletion paths record a cause.
+ */
+enum rta_del_reason {
+ RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC, /* cause not recorded */
+ RTA_DEL_REASON_EXPIRED, /* RTF_EXPIRES lifetime ran out (GC) */
+ RTA_DEL_REASON_RA_WITHDRAWN, /* zero-lifetime RA / PIO / RIO */
+ __RTA_DEL_REASON_MAX
+};
+
+#define RTA_DEL_REASON_MAX (__RTA_DEL_REASON_MAX - 1)
+
/* RTM_MULTIPATH --- array of struct rtnexthop.
*
* "struct rtnexthop" describes all necessary nexthop information,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index a1301334da48..9f82829923ab 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3994,7 +3994,8 @@ static int __ip6_del_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
return err;
}
-int ip6_del_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt, bool skip_notify)
+int ip6_del_rt_reason(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt, bool skip_notify,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason)
{
struct nl_info info = {
.nl_net = net,
@@ -4004,6 +4005,11 @@ int ip6_del_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt, bool skip_notify)
return __ip6_del_rt(rt, &info);
}
+int ip6_del_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt, bool skip_notify)
+{
+ return ip6_del_rt_reason(net, rt, skip_notify, RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
+}
+
static int __ip6_del_rt_siblings(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_config *cfg)
{
struct nl_info *info = &cfg->fc_nlinfo;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 12:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 12:07 [PATCH net-next v4 00/10] ipv6: report why a route was deleted in RTM_DELROUTE Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` Yuyang Huang [this message]
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 02/10] ipv6: propagate the route deletion reason to fib6_del_route() Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 03/10] ipv6: record the reason for kernel-initiated route deletions Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 04/10] ipv6: add a deletion reason argument to rt6_fill_node() Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 05/10] ipv6: expose the route deletion reason in RTM_DELROUTE Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 06/10] ipv6: add inet6_rt_del_notify() Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 07/10] netlink: specs: rt-route: add route notifications Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 08/10] netlink: specs: rt-route: split out the request attribute list Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 09/10] netlink: specs: rt-route: add the route deletion reason Yuyang Huang
2026-07-29 12:07 ` [PATCH net-next v4 10/10] selftests: net: verify RTA_DEL_REASON on route deletion Yuyang Huang
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