Series of IPv6 Improvements
Pouria Mousavizadeh Tehrani <[email protected]>
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Hi, I've recently completed a series of changes focused on enhancing our IPv6 stack, particularly around several important RFCs related to Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP). These changes not only resolve long-standing issues but also introduce new features that align with modern networking standards. Here's an overview of what I've done: - Implemented Gratuitous Neighbor Discovery (RFC 9131 + RFC 4861 Section 7.2.6, which is also addresses one of the IPv6 deployment issues in RFC 9898 Section 3.9.) - Implemented Optimistic DAD (RFC 4429) - Added support for delayed anycast and proxy addresses during Neighbor Advertisement (RFC4861 7.2.7, + 7.2.8) - Introduced support for multiple PREF64 in Router Advertisement (RFC 8781) - Implemented support for Route Information option (RFC 4191) - Simplified `nd6_ra_input()` While implementing the RFC 4191, I found out some of the route expiration facilities are broken. So I fixed it myself: - rtnetlink(4): Add support for nexthop expiration in new route - route(8): Fixed the -expire argument when using netlink - netstat(1): Fixed expire column values in -r flag when using netlink - snl(3): Remove duplicate `rta_expires` member in the route parser These improvements should enhance our IPv6 capabilities significantly and resolves many /* XXX */ comments + some long-standing issues like lack of route option support (see PR263982). You can find those reviews here: https://reviews.freebsd.org/search/query/FpCNDQh8WgIb I'd appreciate any review or testing these proposed changes on Phabricator. -- Pouria
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