For now the RA client is ran automatically when DHCPv6 client starts.
RA takes care of installing / deleting prefix routes and installing the
default gateway. If Router Advertisements indicate support DHCPv6, then
DHCPv6 transactions are kicked off and the address is set / removed
automatically.
Stateless configuration is not yet supported.
Resolve module does not currently track any state that has been set on
a per ifindex basis. This was okay while the set of information we
supported was quite small. However, with dhcpv6 support being prepared,
a more flexible framework is needed.
Change the resolve API to allocate and return an instance for a given
ifindex that has the ability to track information that was provided.
This uses l_dhcp_lease_get_server_id to get the IP of the server that
offered us our current lease. l_dhcp_lease_get_server_id returns the
vaue of the L_DHCP_OPTION_SERVER_IDENTIFIER option, which is the address
that any unicast DHCP frames are supposed to be sent to so it seems to
be the best way to get the P2P group owner's IP address as a P2P-client.
The IPv6 default route needs to be explicitly revoked. Unlike in IPv4,
there is no SRC address associated with the route and it will not be
removed on address removal.
The network configuration options for IPv6 are grouped under [IPv6]
and include the following:
ip= ADDRESS/PREFIX
gateway=ADDRESS
dns=ADDRESS
The placeholders for DHCPv6 are placed along the way and marked
as TODO items.
Previously, netconfig_ipv4_select_and_install was used to install
addresses on initial connection to a network and after we have roamed.
Now for the after roaming connection scenario we have
netconfig_reconfigure. Remove roaming related code from
netconfig_ipv4_select_and_install
As part of the de-coupling from station object, switch all of
the network settings inquiries to use active_settings. active_settings
are set with netconfig_configure by the owner of netconfig object
and removed with netconfig_reset once network disconnects.
Instead of relying on station state changed signal, netconfig
introduces three new API calls to configure, re-configure and
reset the network configurations. The owner of netconfig object
is responsible for initiating the re-configuration of the device
depending on its state.
As a first step to enable the usage of netconfig in ead and
prospective transition to be a part of ell, the public API for
creation and destruction of the netconfig objects has been
renamed and changed. Instead of hiding the netconfig objects inside
of netconfig module, the object is now passed back to the caller.
The internal queue of netconfig objects remains untouched, due
to limitations in ell’s implementation of rtnl. After the proper
changes are done to ell, netconfig_list is expected to be removed
from netconfig module.
This way resolve_remove can be called once per interface and
remove IPv4 and IPv6 addresses at once.
In addition, this allows to remove the IP addresses and DNS
servers within the same main loop cycle. This will allow iwd
to make an attempt to remove the DNS servers on shutdown of iwd.
Instead of using a flag ipv4_static, just store the value of the rtm
protocol directly inside netconfig object. This allows us to simplify
the logic quite significantly and avoid repeating the conditional
expression needlessly
The routes are installed as a result of a successful installation
of the IP addresses. The gateway is fetched with netconfig_ipv4_get_gateway
helper function according to the origin of the installed IP address.
The route priority offset can be set in main.conf. The default value
of 300 is used if the offset isn’t set.
The DNS addresses are installed as a result of a successful
installation of the IP addresses. The DNS lists are fetched
with netconfig_ipv4_get_dns helper function according to the
origin of the installed IP address.
iwd reconfigures the wireless interfaces with respective
connection events. Each supported network protocol is
reconfigured. The address for each protocol is
selected as static or dynamic based on availability.
netconfig_ipv4_get_ifaddr helper function allows to fetch IPv4
addresses from static or dynamic sources. The origin of the addresses
is noted in 'ipv4_is_static' flag.
The module is responsible for the configuration of the address
resolution services. It will consist of the multiple service
specific plugins such as: systemd-resolved plugin, dnsmasq
plugin, etc.
netconfig is interested in three station states: connected,
disconnected and connected after it has roamed. On connected
it tries to obtain a new DHCP lease, on disconnected it stops
the DHCP client and discards all addresses from interface, on
connected after roaming it will try to request a previously
issued address.
iwd keeps track of the addresses assigned to the managed
interfaces. The list of assigned IPv4/IPv6 addresses is stored
in ifaddr_list inside of netconfig. The tracking of the IP
addresses will help to remove them from an interface once they
are no longer valid.
netconfig module will be responsible for the orchestration
of the network configuration with the IP addresses.
iwd creates one netconfig structure per interface index.
The purpose of this struct is to hold all of the interface
related addressing states such as: assigned dhcp
clients, known addresses, routes, etc.
