<varlistentry>
<term><varname>Broadcast=</varname></term>
<listitem>
- <para>The broadcast address, which must be in the format
- described in
+ <para>Takes an IPv4 address or boolean value. The address must be in the format described in
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inet_pton</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- This key only applies to IPv4 addresses. If it is not
- given, it is derived from the <varname>Address=</varname>
- key.</para>
+ If set to true, then the IPv4 broadcast address will be derived from the
+ <varname>Address=</varname> setting. If set to false, then the broadcast address will not
+ be set. Defaults to true, except for wireguard interfaces, where it default to false.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
.scope = RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE,
.cinfo.ifa_prefered = CACHE_INFO_INFINITY_LIFE_TIME,
.cinfo.ifa_valid = CACHE_INFO_INFINITY_LIFE_TIME,
+ .set_broadcast = -1,
.duplicate_address_detection = ADDRESS_FAMILY_IPV6,
};
a->prefixlen <= 30;
}
+static bool address_may_set_broadcast(const Address *a, const Link *link) {
+ assert(a);
+ assert(link);
+
+ if (!address_may_have_broadcast(a))
+ return false;
+
+ if (a->set_broadcast >= 0)
+ return a->set_broadcast;
+
+ /* Typical configuration for wireguard does not set broadcast. */
+ return !streq_ptr(link->kind, "wireguard");
+}
+
static uint32_t address_prefix(const Address *a) {
assert(a);
r = netlink_message_append_in_addr_union(req, IFA_ADDRESS, address->family, &address->in_addr_peer);
if (r < 0)
return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not append IFA_ADDRESS attribute: %m");
- } else if (address_may_have_broadcast(address)) {
+ } else if (address_may_set_broadcast(address, link)) {
r = sd_netlink_message_append_in_addr(req, IFA_BROADCAST, &address->broadcast);
if (r < 0)
return log_link_error_errno(link, r, "Could not append IFA_BROADCAST attribute: %m");
return 0;
}
+ if (isempty(rvalue)) {
+ /* The broadcast address will be calculated based on Address=, and set if the link is
+ * not a wireguard interface. Here, we do not check or set n->family. */
+ n->broadcast = (struct in_addr) {};
+ n->set_broadcast = -1;
+ TAKE_PTR(n);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ r = parse_boolean(rvalue);
+ if (r >= 0) {
+ /* The broadcast address will be calculated based on Address=. Here, we do not check or
+ * set n->family. */
+ n->broadcast = (struct in_addr) {};
+ n->set_broadcast = r;
+ TAKE_PTR(n);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (n->family == AF_INET6) {
log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, 0,
"Broadcast is not valid for IPv6 addresses, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
"Broadcast is invalid, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
return 0;
}
+ if (in4_addr_is_null(&u.in)) {
+ log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, 0,
+ "Broadcast cannot be ANY address, ignoring assignment: %s", rvalue);
+ return 0;
+ }
n->broadcast = u.in;
+ n->set_broadcast = true;
n->family = AF_INET;
TAKE_PTR(n);
}
if (address_may_have_broadcast(address)) {
- if (address->broadcast.s_addr == 0)
+ if (address->broadcast.s_addr == 0 && address->set_broadcast != 0)
address->broadcast.s_addr = address->in_addr.in.s_addr | htobe32(0xfffffffflu >> address->prefixlen);
} else if (address->broadcast.s_addr != 0) {
log_warning("%s: broadcast address is set for IPv6 address or IPv4 address with prefixlength larger than 30. "