include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/ipv6.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 4367 bytes
- Lines
- 208
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/libc-compat.hlinux/types.hlinux/stddef.hlinux/in6.hasm/byteorder.h
Detected Declarations
struct in6_pktinfostruct ip6_mtuinfostruct in6_ifreqstruct ipv6_rt_hdrstruct ipv6_opt_hdrstruct rt0_hdrstruct rt2_hdrstruct ipv6_destopt_haostruct ipv6hdr
Annotated Snippet
struct in6_pktinfo {
struct in6_addr ipi6_addr;
int ipi6_ifindex;
};
#endif
#if __UAPI_DEF_IP6_MTUINFO
struct ip6_mtuinfo {
struct sockaddr_in6 ip6m_addr;
__u32 ip6m_mtu;
};
#endif
struct in6_ifreq {
struct in6_addr ifr6_addr;
__u32 ifr6_prefixlen;
int ifr6_ifindex;
};
#define IPV6_SRCRT_STRICT 0x01 /* Deprecated; will be removed */
#define IPV6_SRCRT_TYPE_0 0 /* Deprecated; will be removed */
#define IPV6_SRCRT_TYPE_2 2 /* IPv6 type 2 Routing Header */
#define IPV6_SRCRT_TYPE_3 3 /* RPL Segment Routing with IPv6 */
#define IPV6_SRCRT_TYPE_4 4 /* Segment Routing with IPv6 */
/*
* routing header
*/
struct ipv6_rt_hdr {
__u8 nexthdr;
__u8 hdrlen;
__u8 type;
__u8 segments_left;
/*
* type specific data
* variable length field
*/
};
struct ipv6_opt_hdr {
__u8 nexthdr;
__u8 hdrlen;
/*
* TLV encoded option data follows.
*/
} __attribute__((packed)); /* required for some archs */
#define ipv6_destopt_hdr ipv6_opt_hdr
#define ipv6_hopopt_hdr ipv6_opt_hdr
/* Router Alert option values (RFC2711) */
#define IPV6_OPT_ROUTERALERT_MLD 0x0000 /* MLD(RFC2710) */
/*
* routing header type 0 (used in cmsghdr struct)
*/
struct rt0_hdr {
struct ipv6_rt_hdr rt_hdr;
__u32 reserved;
struct in6_addr addr[];
#define rt0_type rt_hdr.type
};
/*
* routing header type 2
*/
struct rt2_hdr {
struct ipv6_rt_hdr rt_hdr;
__u32 reserved;
struct in6_addr addr;
#define rt2_type rt_hdr.type
};
/*
* home address option in destination options header
*/
struct ipv6_destopt_hao {
__u8 type;
__u8 length;
struct in6_addr addr;
} __attribute__((packed));
/*
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/libc-compat.h`, `linux/types.h`, `linux/stddef.h`, `linux/in6.h`, `asm/byteorder.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct in6_pktinfo`, `struct ip6_mtuinfo`, `struct in6_ifreq`, `struct ipv6_rt_hdr`, `struct ipv6_opt_hdr`, `struct rt0_hdr`, `struct rt2_hdr`, `struct ipv6_destopt_hao`, `struct ipv6hdr`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.