Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
index 5e67a7eaf4a7..1401f5730a00 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/neighbour.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ enum {
 /* Extended flags under NDA_FLAGS_EXT: */
 #define NTF_EXT_MANAGED		(1 << 0)
 #define NTF_EXT_LOCKED		(1 << 1)
+#define NTF_EXT_EXT_VALIDATED	(1 << 2)
 
 /*
  *	Neighbor Cache Entry States.
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ enum {
  * bridge in response to a host trying to communicate via a locked bridge port
  * with MAB enabled. Their purpose is to notify user space that a host requires
  * authentication.
+ *
+ * NTF_EXT_EXT_VALIDATED flagged neighbor entries were externally validated by
+ * a user space control plane. The kernel will not remove or invalidate them,
+ * but it can probe them and notify user space when they become reachable.
  */
 
 struct nda_cacheinfo {
-- 
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