netdev - Re: [RFC Patch net-next 4/5] sunrpc: use generic union inet

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:37:57 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	<linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch net-next 4/5] sunrpc: use generic union inet_addr

On Thu, 2013-06-27 at 14:43 +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
[...]
> --- a/include/net/inet_addr.h
> +++ b/include/net/inet_addr.h
> @@ -60,6 +60,62 @@ static inline bool inet_addr_multicast(const union inet_addr *ipa)
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> +/**
> + * inet_addr_copy - copy the address portion of one sockaddr to another
> + * @dst: destination sockaddr
> + * @src: source sockaddr
> + *
> + * Just copies the address portion and family. Ignores port, scope, etc.
> + * Caller is responsible for making certain that dst is large enough to hold
> + * the address in src. Returns true if address family is supported. Returns
> + * false otherwise.
> + */
> +static inline bool inet_addr_copy(union inet_addr *dst,
> +				  const union inet_addr *src)
> +{
> +	dst->sa.sa_family = src->sa.sa_family;
> +
> +	switch (src->sa.sa_family) {
> +	case AF_INET:
> +		dst->sin.sin_addr.s_addr = src->sin.sin_addr.s_addr;
> +		return true;
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
> +	case AF_INET6:
> +		dst->sin6.sin6_addr = src->sin6.sin6_addr;
> +		dst->sin6.sin6_scope_id = src->sin6.sin6_scope_id;
> +		return true;
> +#endif

Most of the other functions work on IPv6 addresses without CONFIG_IPV6;
why should this be different?

Ben.

> +	}
> +
> +	return false;
> +}
[...]

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