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-rw-r--r-- | man/systemd.network.xml | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/network/networkd-ndisc.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml index 9d28de7ac7..b1880699ab 100644 --- a/man/systemd.network.xml +++ b/man/systemd.network.xml @@ -2052,9 +2052,11 @@ <varlistentry> <term><varname>DHCPv6Client=</varname></term> <listitem> - <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>always</literal>. When true (the default), the DHCPv6 client will be started when the - RA has the managed or other information flag. If set to <literal>always</literal>, the DHCPv6 client will be started even if there is no - managed or other information flag in the RA.</para> + <para>Takes a boolean, or the special value <literal>always</literal>. When true or + <literal>always</literal>, the DHCPv6 client will be started when the RA has the managed or + other information flag. If set to <literal>always</literal>, the DHCPv6 client will also be + started in managed mode when neither managed nor other information flag is set in the RA. + Defaults to true.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> diff --git a/src/network/networkd-ndisc.c b/src/network/networkd-ndisc.c index bcea91c696..fed6aaba22 100644 --- a/src/network/networkd-ndisc.c +++ b/src/network/networkd-ndisc.c @@ -1116,13 +1116,17 @@ static int ndisc_router_handler(Link *link, sd_ndisc_router *rt) { if (r < 0) return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Failed to get RA flags: %m"); - if ((flags & (ND_RA_FLAG_MANAGED | ND_RA_FLAG_OTHER) && link->network->ipv6_accept_ra_start_dhcp6_client)) { + if ((flags & (ND_RA_FLAG_MANAGED | ND_RA_FLAG_OTHER) && + link->network->ipv6_accept_ra_start_dhcp6_client != IPV6_ACCEPT_RA_START_DHCP6_CLIENT_NO) || + link->network->ipv6_accept_ra_start_dhcp6_client == IPV6_ACCEPT_RA_START_DHCP6_CLIENT_ALWAYS) { - if (link->network->ipv6_accept_ra_start_dhcp6_client == IPV6_ACCEPT_RA_START_DHCP6_CLIENT_ALWAYS) - r = dhcp6_request_address(link, false); - else + if (flags & (ND_RA_FLAG_MANAGED | ND_RA_FLAG_OTHER)) /* (re)start DHCPv6 client in stateful or stateless mode according to RA flags */ r = dhcp6_request_address(link, !(flags & ND_RA_FLAG_MANAGED)); + else + /* When IPv6AcceptRA.DHCPv6Client=always, start dhcp6 client in managed mode + * even if router does not have M or O flag. */ + r = dhcp6_request_address(link, false); if (r < 0 && r != -EBUSY) return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not acquire DHCPv6 lease on NDisc request: %m"); else |