Subject: Re: [RFCv2 bluetooth-next 2/3] ipv6: add ipv6_addr_prefix_cpy

From: Alexander Aring <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:17:17 +0100

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 05:42:52PM +0100, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> On 17/11/15 23:33, Alexander Aring wrote:
> >This patch adds a static inline function ipv6_addr_prefix_cpy which
> >copies a ipv6 address prefix(argument pfx) into the ipv6 address prefix.
> >The prefix len is given by plen as bits. This function mainly based on
> >ipv6_addr_prefix which copies one address prefix from address into a new
> >ipv6 address destination and zero all other address bits.
> >
> >The difference is that ipv6_addr_prefix_cpy don't get a prefix from an
> >ipv6 address, it sets a prefix to an ipv6 address with keeping other
> >address bits. The use case is for context based address compression
> >inside 6LoWPAN IPHC header which keeping ipv6 prefixes inside a context
> >table to lookup address-bits without sending them.
> >
> >Cc: David S. Miller<davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/[email-masked]>
> >Cc: Alexey Kuznetsov<kuznet-v/[email-masked]>
> >Cc: James Morris<jmorris-gx6/[email-masked]>
> >Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI<[email-masked]>
> >Cc: Patrick McHardy<[email-masked]>
> >Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring<[email-masked]>
> >---
> >  include/net/ipv6.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> >
> >diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
> >index e1a10b0..9d38fc2 100644
> >--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
> >+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
> >@@ -382,6 +382,21 @@ static inline void ipv6_addr_prefix(struct in6_addr *pfx,
> >  		pfx->s6_addr[o] = addr->s6_addr[o] & (0xff00 >> b);
> >  }
> >+static inline void ipv6_addr_prefix_cpy(struct in6_addr *addr,
> >+					const struct in6_addr *pfx,
> >+					int plen)
> >+{
> 
> Naming it ipv6_addr_prefix_cop, as Sergei suggested, would be easier to
> read.

ok.

> >+	/* caller must guarantee 0 <= plen <= 128 */
> >+	int o = plen >> 3,
> >+	    b = plen & 0x7;
> >+
> 
> Any reason you are not doing the memset here before memcpy like it is done
> in ipv6_addr_prefi()?

ipv6_addr_prefix is more a "getter" for a prefix from an address. The
destination address (which should be the result) will memset the whole
address before copy the prefix from address to it.

THe ipv6_addr_prefix_copy will set a prefix given by second parameter
pfx and set the prefix to the address (given by first parameter).

Maybe the ipv6_addr_prefix could call:

1. memset(pfx, sizeof...)
2. ipv6_addr_prefix_copy(pfx, addr, plen);

but ipv6_addr_prefix_copy need to care about other bits which are set at
destination address, if (plen/8 != 0). I don't want to touch
ipv6_addr_prefix function and slow-down some mechanism.

- Alex