[PATCH net-next v4 06/10] ipv6: add inet6_rt_del_notify()

From: Yuyang Huang

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 08:42:34 EST


Move the body of inet6_rt_notify() to __inet6_rt_notify() and give it
the deletion reason. inet6_rt_notify() keeps its prototype, so the
route addition path does not change.

Add inet6_rt_del_notify() and call it from fib6_del_route().
RTA_DEL_REASON now reaches user space on RTM_DELROUTE for routes the
kernel deleted on its own.

Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <sigefriedhyy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/ip6_fib.h | 2 ++
net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/route.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index c57980671f28..c6dc23a42c11 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ static inline void fib6_rt_update(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt,
#endif
void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
unsigned int flags);
+void inet6_rt_del_notify(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason);

void fib6_age_exceptions(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args,
unsigned long now);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index d77c61f53155..159db10a846c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -2056,7 +2056,7 @@ static void fib6_del_route(struct fib6_table *table, struct fib6_node *fn,
call_fib6_entry_notifiers_replace(net, replace_rt);
}
if (!info->skip_notify)
- inet6_rt_notify(RTM_DELROUTE, rt, info, 0);
+ inet6_rt_del_notify(rt, info, del_reason);

fib6_info_release(rt);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index b67c8a31ccd6..304879c6e7e5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -6376,8 +6376,9 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getroute(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
return err;
}

-void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
- unsigned int nlm_flags)
+static void __inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt,
+ struct nl_info *info, unsigned int nlm_flags,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason)
{
struct net *net = info->nl_net;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -6396,8 +6397,7 @@ void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
goto errout;

err = rt6_fill_node(net, skb, rt, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0,
- event, info->portid, seq, nlm_flags,
- RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
+ event, info->portid, seq, nlm_flags, del_reason);
if (err < 0) {
kfree_skb(skb);
/* -EMSGSIZE implies needed space grew under us. */
@@ -6418,6 +6418,18 @@ void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_ROUTE, err);
}

+void inet6_rt_notify(int event, struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+ unsigned int nlm_flags)
+{
+ __inet6_rt_notify(event, rt, info, nlm_flags, RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
+}
+
+void inet6_rt_del_notify(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason)
+{
+ __inet6_rt_notify(RTM_DELROUTE, rt, info, 0, del_reason);
+}
+
void fib6_rt_update(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt,
struct nl_info *info)
{
--
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