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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt35
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/af_inet6.c21
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..268e5c103dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time.
+
+Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod
+or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either the
+/etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file, or in a
+distro-specific configuration file.
+
+The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter
+is not specified the default value is used.
+
+The parameters are as follows:
+
+disable
+
+ Specifies whether to load the IPv6 module, but disable all
+ its functionality. This might be used when another module
+ has a dependency on the IPv6 module being loaded, but no
+ IPv6 addresses or operations are desired.
+
+ The possible values and their effects are:
+
+ 0
+ IPv6 is enabled.
+
+ This is the default value.
+
+ 1
+ IPv6 is disabled.
+
+ No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces, and
+ it will not be possible to open an IPv6 socket.
+
+ A reboot is required to enable IPv6.
+
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index c802bc1658a..da944eca2ca 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.
*/