ipv6: RTA_PREFSRC support for ipv6 route source address selection

[ipv6] Add support for RTA_PREFSRC

This patch allows a user to select the preferred source address
for a specific IPv6-Route. It can be set via a netlink message
setting RTA_PREFSRC to a valid IPv6 address which must be
up on the device the route will be bound to.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@barracuda.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 1493534116df..129d7e1f311c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ static void ipv6_del_addr(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
                 dst_release(&rt->dst);
         }
 
+        /* clean up prefsrc entries */
+        rt6_remove_prefsrc(ifp);
 out:
         in6_ifa_put(ifp);
 }