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authorBrian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>2009-03-04 03:18:11 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-03-04 03:19:08 -0800
commitfe7ca2e1e847b65c12d245cbf402af89da96888a (patch)
treeaec65ae7a12d3c700f8c7f855024058e80075779 /net/ipv6
parent4a8fd2cfdad4d043a1fadba2f3f340945d966825 (diff)
downloadlinux-fe7ca2e1e847b65c12d245cbf402af89da96888a.tar.gz
IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko
Add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko by specifying
"disable=1" on module load.  We just do the minimum of initializing
inetsw6[] so calls from other modules to inet6_register_protosw()
won't OOPs, then bail out.  No IPv6 addresses or sockets can be
created as a result, and a reboot is required to enable IPv6.

Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/af_inet6.c21
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index c802bc1658a8..da944eca2ca6 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.
 	 */