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-rw-r--r--python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py6
-rw-r--r--python/vyos/validate.py4
-rw-r--r--src/tests/test_validate.py7
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py
index 6837e2d6a..d695f05e3 100644
--- a/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py
+++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from vyos.util import read_file
from vyos.template import is_ipv4
from vyos.template import is_ipv6
from vyos.validate import is_intf_addr_assigned
+from vyos.validate import is_ipv6_link_local
from vyos.validate import assert_boolean
from vyos.validate import assert_list
from vyos.validate import assert_mac
@@ -1042,7 +1043,10 @@ class Interface(Control):
# list of addresses which are no longer in the dict so they can be removed
cur_addr = self.get_addr()
for addr in list_diff(cur_addr, new_addr):
- self.del_addr(addr)
+ # do not clean out link-local IPv6 addresses - it makes no sense
+ # as they will be readded so this prevents any flapping links
+ if not is_ipv6_link_local(addr):
+ self.del_addr(addr)
for addr in new_addr:
self.add_addr(addr)
diff --git a/python/vyos/validate.py b/python/vyos/validate.py
index 84a7bc2de..98bd40f74 100644
--- a/python/vyos/validate.py
+++ b/python/vyos/validate.py
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ from vyos.util import cmd
def is_ipv6_link_local(addr):
""" Check if addrsss is an IPv6 link-local address. Returns True/False """
- from ipaddress import IPv6Address
+ from ipaddress import ip_interface
from vyos.template import is_ipv6
addr = addr.split('%')[0]
if is_ipv6(addr):
- if IPv6Address(addr).is_link_local:
+ if ip_interface(addr).is_link_local:
return True
return False
diff --git a/src/tests/test_validate.py b/src/tests/test_validate.py
index 226e856a3..4348e2ef8 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_validate.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_validate.py
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ class TestVyOSValidate(TestCase):
pass
def test_is_ipv6_link_local(self):
- self.assertFalse(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('169.254.0.1'))
self.assertTrue(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('fe80::'))
self.assertTrue(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('fe80::affe:1'))
+ self.assertTrue(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('fe80::250:56ff:febf:efaa/64'))
+
+ self.assertFalse(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('169.254.0.1'))
self.assertFalse(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('2001:db8::'))
+ self.assertFalse(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('2001:db8::1/64'))
self.assertFalse(vyos.validate.is_ipv6_link_local('VyOS'))
- def test_is_ipv6_link_local(self):
+ def test_is_loopback(self):
self.assertTrue(vyos.validate.is_loopback_addr('127.0.0.1'))
self.assertTrue(vyos.validate.is_loopback_addr('127.0.1.1'))
self.assertTrue(vyos.validate.is_loopback_addr('127.1.1.1'))