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    [IPv6]: Export userland ND options through netlink (RDNSS support) · 31910575
    Pierre Ynard authored
    
    
    As discussed before, this patch provides userland with a way to access
    relevant options in Router Advertisements, after they are processed
    and validated by the kernel. Extra options are processed in a generic
    way; this patch only exports RDNSS options described in RFC5006, but
    support to control which options are exported could be easily added.
    
    A new rtnetlink message type is defined, to transport Neighbor
    Discovery options, along with optional context information. At the
    moment only the address of the router sending an RDNSS option is
    included, but additional attributes may be later defined, if needed by
    new use cases.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPierre Ynard <linkfanel@yahoo.fr>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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