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Old 04-24-2010, 02:53 AM   #1
mwnn
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Program to assign globa lIPv6 address and bind() to the previously assigned address.


Consider the following program:
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <net/if.h>

#define IPV6_BINARY_LEN 128

int32_t set_ip_addr(const char *dev, const char *ip, int32_t prefix_len);

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	struct sockaddr_in6 sa;
	int32_t sd;
	int32_t local_errno;
	int32_t one = 1;
	int32_t ret;

	if (argc != 4) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <dev> <ip address> <prefix Length>.\n",
			argv[0]);
		goto out1;
	}

	ret = set_ip_addr(argv[1], argv[2], atoi(argv[3]));
	if (ret == -1) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to set IP address.\n");
		goto out1;
	}

	sd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
	if (sd == -1) {
		perror("socket");
		goto out1;
	}

	ret = setsockopt(sd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (void *)&one,
			 sizeof(one));
	if (ret == -1) {
		perror("setsockopt");
		goto out1;
	}

	ret = setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, (void *)&one,
			 sizeof(one));
	if (ret == -1) {
		perror("setsockopt");
		goto out1;
	}

	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
	sa.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
	sa.sin6_port = htons(4915);
	sa.sin6_scope_id = 0;
	ret = inet_pton(AF_INET6, argv[2], sa.sin6_addr.s6_addr);
	if (ret != 1) {
		perror("inet_pton");
		goto out2;
	}
#if 0
	printf("Sleeping before bind ...\n");
	sleep(30);
#endif
	ret = bind(sd, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof(sa));
	if (ret == -1) {
		local_errno = errno;
		printf("errno = %d.\n", errno);
		perror("bind");
		goto out2;
	}

	printf("Bind success!\n");

	close(sd);

	exit(0);
out2:
	close(sd);
out1:
	exit(1);
}

struct in6_ifreq {
	struct in6_addr	ifr6_addr;
	uint32_t	ifr6_prefixlen;
	int		ifr6_ifindex;
};

int32_t set_ip_addr(const char *dev, const char *ip, int32_t prefix_len)
{
	struct in6_ifreq in6_ifreq;
	struct ifreq ifreq;
	uint8_t ip_bin[IPV6_BINARY_LEN];
	int32_t sd;
	int32_t one = 1;
	int32_t ret;

	if ((dev == NULL) || (ip == NULL) || (prefix_len < 0)) {
		fprintf(stderr, "%s: Invalid arguments.\n", __func__);
		goto out1;
	}

	ret = inet_pton(AF_INET6, ip, ip_bin);
	if (ret != 1) {
		perror("inet_pton");
		goto out1;
	}

	sd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
	if (sd == -1) {
		perror("socket");
		goto out1;
	}

	ret = setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, (void *)&one,
			 sizeof(one));
	if (ret == -1) {
		perror("setsockopt");
		goto out1;
	}

	memset(&ifreq, 0, sizeof(ifreq));
	strncpy(ifreq.ifr_name, dev, IFNAMSIZ - 1);
	ret = ioctl(sd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifreq);
	if (ret == -1) {
		perror("ioctl");
		goto out2;
	}

	memset(&in6_ifreq, 0, sizeof(in6_ifreq));
	ret = inet_pton(AF_INET6, ip, &in6_ifreq.ifr6_addr.s6_addr);
	if (ret != 1) {
		perror("inet_pton");
		goto out2;
	}

	in6_ifreq.ifr6_ifindex = ifreq.ifr_ifindex;
	in6_ifreq.ifr6_prefixlen = prefix_len;

	ret = ioctl(sd, SIOCSIFADDR, &in6_ifreq);
	if (ret == -1) {
		perror("ioctl");
		goto out2;
	}

	return 0;

out2:
	close(sd);
out1:
	return -1;
}
The program can be executed as shown below:
Code:
# ./set_ip_and_bind eth0 2001:0db8:0:f101::1 64
The bind() call fails with errno 99 (Cannot assign requested address).
If the sleep(30) is enabled the bind() call executes successfully.
 
Old 04-25-2010, 12:11 AM   #2
mwnn
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In Linux-2.6.33, the function ipv6_add_addr() in addrconf.c sets ifa->flags to IFA_F_TENTATIVE. This is set to IFA_F_PERMANENT only after "Duplicate Address Detection" procedure is completed successfully. In the above listed program, bind() is being called immediately after assigning the IP address. Hence the inet6_bind() in af_inet6.c fails since ifa->flags is still set to IFA_F_TENTATIVE. This issue can probably be resolved by using the IFA_F_NODAD flag (which disables "Duplicate address detection" procedure). So the question is, how do I pass this flag from userspace to the kernel?
 
Old 10-07-2010, 03:29 AM   #3
lprasanna
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bind fails with 99 after SIOCSIFADDR ioctl

Hi all,

Did u find any solution for the problem??

I am also seeing the same issue...
Even if i keep a sleep also, i am unable to bind with 99 error.

I am using Fedora 2.6.28.9-x86_64 kernel.

Any help will be appreciated...

thanks,
Lakshmi
 
  


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