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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt | 35 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv6/af_inet6.c | 21 |
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..268e5c103dd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + +Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time. + +Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod +or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either the +/etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file, or in a +distro-specific configuration file. + +The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter +is not specified the default value is used. + +The parameters are as follows: + +disable + + Specifies whether to load the IPv6 module, but disable all + its functionality. This might be used when another module + has a dependency on the IPv6 module being loaded, but no + IPv6 addresses or operations are desired. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 is enabled. + + This is the default value. + + 1 + IPv6 is disabled. + + No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces, and + it will not be possible to open an IPv6 socket. + + A reboot is required to enable IPv6. + diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c index c802bc1658a..da944eca2ca 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c +++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c @@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); static struct list_head inetsw6[SOCK_MAX]; static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inetsw6_lock); +static int disable_ipv6 = 0; +module_param_named(disable, disable_ipv6, int, 0); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "Disable IPv6 such that it is non-functional"); + static __inline__ struct ipv6_pinfo *inet6_sk_generic(struct sock *sk) { const int offset = sk->sk_prot->obj_size - sizeof(struct ipv6_pinfo); @@ -991,10 +995,21 @@ static int __init inet6_init(void) { struct sk_buff *dummy_skb; struct list_head *r; - int err; + int err = 0; BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct inet6_skb_parm) > sizeof(dummy_skb->cb)); + /* Register the socket-side information for inet6_create. */ + for(r = &inetsw6[0]; r < &inetsw6[SOCK_MAX]; ++r) + INIT_LIST_HEAD(r); + + if (disable_ipv6) { + printk(KERN_INFO + "IPv6: Loaded, but administratively disabled, " + "reboot required to enable\n"); + goto out; + } + err = proto_register(&tcpv6_prot, 1); if (err) goto out; @@ -1012,10 +1027,6 @@ static int __init inet6_init(void) goto out_unregister_udplite_proto; - /* Register the socket-side information for inet6_create. */ - for(r = &inetsw6[0]; r < &inetsw6[SOCK_MAX]; ++r) - INIT_LIST_HEAD(r); - /* We MUST register RAW sockets before we create the ICMP6, * IGMP6, or NDISC control sockets. */ |