Most protocols in IPv6 mode use link-local source addresses and expect
that there is one on each active interface. The old code depended on
assumption that if there is some IPv6 address on iface, there is also an
IPv6 link-local address on that iface (added by kernel when the iface
went up). Unfortunately, that is not generally true, as a configured
global address sometimes ceases to be tentative (finishes DOD) before
a link-local address on the same iface. In such case a protocol iface
(namely RAdv and Babel) is activated, but fails to found link-local
address and stays in failed state.
The patch fixes that by tracking 'primary' IPv6 link-local address,
sending iface restart notifications when it changes and making
protocols ignore iface-up notifications when no such address is
selected for an iface.
An interface reconfiguration may change both the hello and update
intervals. An update interval change is immediately put into effect,
while a hello interval change is not. This also updates the hello
interval immediately (if the new interval is shorter than the old one),
and sends a hello to notify peers of the change.
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
We do not need to maintain feasibility distances for our own router
ID (we ignore the updates anyway). Not doing so makes the routes be
garbage collected sooner when export filters change.
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
When a route becomes infeasible it should not be kept as selected; this
is forbidden by section 3.6 of the RFC and prevents subsequent updates
from the same router ID from replacing it.
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
This makes BIRD send a wildcard retraction on all interfaces before
shutting down and right after starting up. This helps ensure that
neighbours will discard the announced routes as soon as possible,
rather than only after the normal timeout procedures.
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
An update with wildcard AE and infinite metric should be treated as a
global retraction of all prefixes announced by that neighbour, per
section 4.4.9 of the RFC. In addition, router ID and seqno in retraction
updates should be ignored. This reworks the handling of retractions and
adjusts the parser to handle all this correctly.
Signed-off-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
This patch implements the IPv6 subset of the Babel routing protocol.
Based on the patch from Toke Hoiland-Jorgensen, with some heavy
modifications and bugfixes.
Thanks to Toke Hoiland-Jorgensen for the original patch.
