+void fib_modify_prefix_metric(struct in_ifaddr *ifa, u32 new_metric)
+{
+ __be32 prefix = ifa->ifa_address & ifa->ifa_mask;
+ struct in_device *in_dev = ifa->ifa_dev;
+ struct net_device *dev = in_dev->dev;
+
+ if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) ||
+ ifa->ifa_flags & (IFA_F_SECONDARY | IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE) ||
+ ipv4_is_zeronet(prefix) ||
+ prefix == ifa->ifa_local || ifa->ifa_prefixlen == 32)
+ return;
+
+ /* add the new */
+ fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE,
+ dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK ? RTN_LOCAL : RTN_UNICAST,
+ prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, ifa, new_metric);
+
+ /* delete the old */
+ fib_magic(RTM_DELROUTE,
+ dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK ? RTN_LOCAL : RTN_UNICAST,
+ prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, ifa, ifa->ifa_rt_priority);
+}
+