[RFC PATCH 02/14] router: Apply updated values from RFC8319 (updates RFC4861) to RA/ND

[Paul Donald]

From: Paul Donald <newtwen at gmail.com>

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8319#section-4

Signed-off-by: Paul Donald <newtwen at gmail.com>
---
 src/router.c |  6 ++++--
 src/router.h | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/router.c b/src/router.c
index 7f5658b..ae0c545 100644
--- a/src/router.c
+++ b/src/router.c
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ static uint32_t calc_ra_lifetime(struct interface *iface, uint32_t maxival)
 		lifetime = iface->ra_lifetime;
 		if (lifetime > 0 && lifetime < maxival)
 			lifetime = maxival;
-		else if (lifetime > 9000)
-			lifetime = 9000;
+		/* // RouterLifetime is a 16 bit packet field: skip this check
+		else if (lifetime > RouterLifetime_MAX)
+			lifetime = RouterLifetime_MAX;
+		*/
 	}
 
 	return lifetime;
diff --git a/src/router.h b/src/router.h
index 0444da8..1f8d156 100644
--- a/src/router.h
+++ b/src/router.h
@@ -32,8 +32,29 @@ struct icmpv6_opt {
 
 #define MaxInitialRtrAdvInterval	16
 #define MaxInitialRtAdvs		3
-#define MaxRtrAdvInterval		1800
+/* RFC8319 §4
+	This document updates §4.2 and 6.2.1 of [RFC4861] to change
+	the following router configuration variables.
+
+	In §6.2.1, inside the paragraph that defines
+	MaxRtrAdvInterval, change 1800 to 65535 seconds.
+
+	In §6.2.1, inside the paragraph that defines
+	AdvDefaultLifetime, change 9000 to 65535 seconds.
+*/
+#define MaxRtrAdvInterval_CEILING		65535
 #define MinRtrAdvInterval		3
+#define AdvDefaultLifetime_CEILING		65535
+/* RFC8319 §4
+	This document updates §4.2 and 6.2.1 of [RFC4861] to change
+	the following router configuration variables.
+
+	In §4.2, inside the paragraph that defines Router Lifetime,
+	change 9000 to 65535 seconds.
+
+	Note: this is 16 bit Router Lifetime field in RA packets
+*/
+#define RouterLifetime_MAX					65535
 
 #define ND_RA_FLAG_PROXY		0x4
 #define ND_RA_PREF_HIGH			(1 << 3)
-- 
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