ip6-nd: set router flag on NA if appropriate

[vpp.git] / src / vnet / ip6-nd / ip6_nd_inline.h

diff --git a/src/vnet/ip6-nd/ip6_nd_inline.h b/src/vnet/ip6-nd/ip6_nd_inline.h
index 5e8b9d6..c959c94 100644 (file)
--- a/src/vnet/ip6-nd/ip6_nd_inline.h
+++ b/src/vnet/ip6-nd/ip6_nd_inline.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <vnet/ip/icmp46_packet.h>
 #include <vnet/ip/ip6.h>
 #include <vnet/ip-neighbor/ip_neighbor_types.h>
+#include <vnet/ip6-nd/ip6_ra.h>
 
 typedef enum
 {
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ icmp6_send_neighbor_advertisement (
     clib_host_to_net_u32 (ICMP6_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT_FLAG_SOLICITED |
                          ICMP6_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT_FLAG_OVERRIDE);
 
+  /* if sending RAs is enabled, the "router" flag should be set,
+   * otherwise, neighbors may believe we have changed from a router
+   * to a host - RFC 4861 section 4.4 */
+  if (ip6_ra_adv_enabled (sw_if_index0))
+    icmp6_nsa->advertisement_flags |=
+      clib_host_to_net_u32 (ICMP6_NEIGHBOR_ADVERTISEMENT_FLAG_ROUTER);
+
   icmp6_nsa->icmp.checksum = 0;
   icmp6_nsa->icmp.checksum =
     ip6_tcp_udp_icmp_compute_checksum (vm, b, ip6_h, &bogus_length);