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diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index d6ff12617f36..a0c3abe72461 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1499,6 +1499,33 @@ static bool ipv6_chk_same_addr(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
return false;
}
+/* Compares an address/prefix_len with addresses on device @dev.
+ * If one is found it returns true.
+ */
+bool ipv6_chk_custom_prefix(const struct in6_addr *addr,
+ const unsigned int prefix_len, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ struct inet6_dev *idev;
+ struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa;
+ bool ret = false;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
+ if (idev) {
+ read_lock_bh(&idev->lock);
+ list_for_each_entry(ifa, &idev->addr_list, if_list) {
+ ret = ipv6_prefix_equal(addr, &ifa->addr, prefix_len);
+ if (ret)
+ break;
+ }
+ read_unlock_bh(&idev->lock);
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_chk_custom_prefix);
+
int ipv6_chk_prefix(const struct in6_addr *addr, struct net_device *dev)
{
struct inet6_dev *idev;
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