From 8f937c6099858eee15fae14009dcbd05177fa91d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:23:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [IPV4]: Primary and secondary addresses

Add an option to make secondary IP addresses get promoted
when primary IP addresses are removed from the device.
It defaults to off to preserve existing behavior.

Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 include/linux/inetdevice.h |  2 ++
 include/linux/sysctl.h     |  1 +
 net/ipv4/devinet.c         | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
index 6fafb27877a7..7e1e15f934f3 100644
--- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct ipv4_devconf
 	int	no_xfrm;
 	int	no_policy;
 	int	force_igmp_version;
+	int	promote_secondaries;
 	void	*sysctl;
 };
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ struct in_device
 #define IN_DEV_SEC_REDIRECTS(in_dev)	(ipv4_devconf.secure_redirects || (in_dev)->cnf.secure_redirects)
 #define IN_DEV_IDTAG(in_dev)		((in_dev)->cnf.tag)
 #define IN_DEV_MEDIUM_ID(in_dev)	((in_dev)->cnf.medium_id)
+#define IN_DEV_PROMOTE_SECONDARIES(in_dev)	(ipv4_devconf.promote_secondaries || (in_dev)->cnf.promote_secondaries)
 
 #define IN_DEV_RX_REDIRECTS(in_dev) \
 	((IN_DEV_FORWARD(in_dev) && \
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 772998147e3e..23032d9d6071 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ enum
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_FORCE_IGMP_VERSION=17,
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_ANNOUNCE=18,
 	NET_IPV4_CONF_ARP_IGNORE=19,
+	NET_IPV4_CONF_PROMOTE_SECONDARIES=20,
 	__NET_IPV4_CONF_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 3cc96730c4ed..478a30179a52 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -233,11 +233,14 @@ int inet_addr_onlink(struct in_device *in_dev, u32 a, u32 b)
 static void inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 			 int destroy)
 {
+	struct in_ifaddr *promote = NULL;
 	struct in_ifaddr *ifa1 = *ifap;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	/* 1. Deleting primary ifaddr forces deletion all secondaries */
+	/* 1. Deleting primary ifaddr forces deletion all secondaries 
+	 * unless alias promotion is set
+	 **/
 
 	if (!(ifa1->ifa_flags & IFA_F_SECONDARY)) {
 		struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
@@ -251,11 +254,16 @@ static void inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			*ifap1 = ifa->ifa_next;
+			if (!IN_DEV_PROMOTE_SECONDARIES(in_dev)) {
+				*ifap1 = ifa->ifa_next;
 
-			rtmsg_ifa(RTM_DELADDR, ifa);
-			notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
-			inet_free_ifa(ifa);
+				rtmsg_ifa(RTM_DELADDR, ifa);
+				notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
+				inet_free_ifa(ifa);
+			} else {
+				promote = ifa;
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -281,6 +289,13 @@ static void inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 		if (!in_dev->ifa_list)
 			inetdev_destroy(in_dev);
 	}
+
+	if (promote && IN_DEV_PROMOTE_SECONDARIES(in_dev)) {
+		/* not sure if we should send a delete notify first? */
+		promote->ifa_flags &= ~IFA_F_SECONDARY;
+		rtmsg_ifa(RTM_NEWADDR, promote);
+		notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_UP, promote);
+	}
 }
 
 static int inet_insert_ifa(struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
@@ -1384,6 +1399,15 @@ static struct devinet_sysctl_table {
 			.proc_handler	= &ipv4_doint_and_flush,
 			.strategy	= &ipv4_doint_and_flush_strategy,
 		},
+		{
+			.ctl_name	= NET_IPV4_CONF_PROMOTE_SECONDARIES,
+			.procname	= "promote_secondaries",
+			.data		= &ipv4_devconf.promote_secondaries,
+			.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+			.mode		= 0644,
+			.proc_handler	= &ipv4_doint_and_flush,
+			.strategy	= &ipv4_doint_and_flush_strategy,
+		},
 	},
 	.devinet_dev = {
 		{