netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 0/6] utils: Get rid of inet_get

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Date:   Sun, 21 Jan 2018 11:13:11 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 0/6] utils: Get rid of inet_get_addr()

On 1/18/18 11:13 AM, Serhey Popovych wrote:
> It looks confusing to have multiple independent
> routines to get internet address from it's string
> representation: get_addr() and inet_get_addr().
> 
> Most complicated users of inet_get_addr() is
> iplink_geneve.c and iplink_vxlan.c because they
> required to handle both AF_INET and AF_INET6
> for their local/remote endpoints.
> 
> On the other hand get_addr() does not provide
> additional information like address type: need
> to address this. to get rid of current and
> possible future code duplications. Note that
> this functionality is first step to make proto
> independent handling of local/remote endpoints
> in ip/tunnel code (there will be additional
> series based on this one).
> 
> Also fix get_addr_1() and get_prefix() to make
> sure it always provide correct ->family and
> ->bitlen.
> 
> As always comments, suggestions and criticism
> are welcome.

Series applied to iproute2-next. Thanks,