router: speed up initial router advertisements

[oweals/odhcpd.git] / src / router.c

diff --git a/src/router.c b/src/router.c
index 34d43b0af6bc95f51c5f8bbc4e198a0785c0a9d0..07dd146085cf2b55a6db0bff15792ac3239f2c78 100644 (file)
--- a/src/router.c
+++ b/src/router.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ int router_setup_interface(struct interface *iface, bool enable)
                        }
 
                        iface->router_event.handle_dgram = handle_icmpv6;
+                       iface->ra_sent = 0;
                        odhcpd_register(&iface->router_event);
                } else {
                        uloop_timeout_cancel(&iface->timer_rs);
@@ -358,6 +359,13 @@ static int calc_adv_interval(struct interface *iface, uint32_t minvalid,
        msecs = (labs(msecs) % ((*maxival != minival) ? (*maxival - minival)*1000 : 500)) +
                        minival*1000;
 
+       /* RFC 2461 6.2.4 For the first MAX_INITIAL_RTR_ADVERTISEMENTS advertisements */
+       /* if the timer is bigger than MAX_INITIAL_RTR_ADVERT_INTERVAL it should be   */
+       /* set to MAX_INITIAL_RTR_ADVERT_INTERVAL                                     */
+       /* Off by one as an initial interval timer has already expired                */
+       if ((iface->ra_sent + 1) < MaxInitialRtAdvs && msecs > MaxInitialRtrAdvInterval*1000)
+               msecs = MaxInitialRtrAdvInterval*1000;
+
        return msecs;
 }
 
@@ -730,7 +738,8 @@ static int send_router_advert(struct interface *iface, const struct in6_addr *fr
 
        syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "Sending a RA on %s", iface->name);
 
-       odhcpd_send(iface->router_event.uloop.fd, &dest, iov, ARRAY_SIZE(iov), iface);
+       if (odhcpd_send(iface->router_event.uloop.fd, &dest, iov, ARRAY_SIZE(iov), iface) > 0)
+               iface->ra_sent++;
 
        free(pfxs);
        free(routes);