netdev - Re: [v2 2/3] samples: pktgen: add helper functions for IP(v4/v6) CIDR parsing

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Message-ID: <20190912175921.02bcd3b6@carbon>
Date:   Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:59:21 +0200
From:   Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:     "Daniel T. Lee" <danieltimlee@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [v2 2/3] samples: pktgen: add helper functions for IP(v4/v6)
 CIDR parsing

On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 03:48:06 +0900
"Daniel T. Lee" <danieltimlee@...il.com> wrote:

> This commit adds CIDR parsing and IP validate helper function to parse
> single IP or range of IP with CIDR. (e.g. 198.18.0.0/15)

One question: You do know that this expansion of the CIDR will also
include the CIDR network broadcast IP and "network-address", is that
intentional?

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Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer