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Announce all IP addresses on error
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Don't let the first error shortcut the announcement of subsequent
addresses. Loop over all addresses, but return the first error we
encountered. Note that the caller anyway ignores the error and only uses
it for debug logging.
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thom311 committed Aug 6, 2024
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25 changes: 13 additions & 12 deletions pkg/utils/packet.go
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Expand Up @@ -175,26 +175,27 @@ func AnnounceIPs(ifName string, ipConfigs []*current.IPConfig) error {
return fmt.Errorf("invalid Ethernet MAC address: %q", linkObj.Attrs().HardwareAddr)
}

var errResult error

// For all the IP addresses assigned by IPAM, we will send either a GARP (IPv4) or Unsolicited NA (IPv6).
for _, ipc := range ipConfigs {
var err error
if IsIPv6(ipc.Address.IP) {
if IsIPv4(ipc.Address.IP) {
err := SendGratuitousArp(ipc.Address.IP, linkObj)
if err != nil && errResult == nil {
errResult = fmt.Errorf("failed to send GARP message for ip %s on interface %q: %v", ipc.Address.IP.String(), ifName, err)
}
} else if IsIPv6(ipc.Address.IP) {
/* As per RFC 4861, sending unsolicited neighbor advertisements should be considered as a performance
* optimization. It does not reliably update caches in all nodes. The Neighbor Unreachability Detection
* algorithm is more reliable although it may take slightly longer to update.
*/
err = SendUnsolicitedNeighborAdvertisement(ipc.Address.IP, linkObj)
} else if IsIPv4(ipc.Address.IP) {
err = SendGratuitousArp(ipc.Address.IP, linkObj)
} else {
return fmt.Errorf("the IP %s on interface %q is neither IPv4 or IPv6", ipc.Address.IP.String(), ifName)
}

if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to send GARP/NA message for ip %s on interface %q: %v", ipc.Address.IP.String(), ifName, err)
err := SendUnsolicitedNeighborAdvertisement(ipc.Address.IP, linkObj)
if err != nil && errResult == nil {
errResult = fmt.Errorf("failed to send NA message for ip %s on interface %q: %v", ipc.Address.IP.String(), ifName, err)
}
}
}
return nil
return errResult
}

// Blocking wait for interface ifName to have carrier (!NO_CARRIER flag).
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