Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 0/6] utils: Get rid of inet_get_addr()

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:35:02 -0800

On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:13:41 +0200
Serhey Popovych <[email-masked]> 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.
> 
> Thanks,
> Serhii
> 
> Serhey Popovych (6):
>   utils: Always specify family for address in get_addr_1()
>   utils: Always specify family and ->bytelen in get_prefix_1()
>   utils: Fast inet address classification after get_addr()
>   iplink_geneve: Get rid of inet_get_addr()
>   iplink_vxlan: Get rid of inet_get_addr()
>   ip: Get rid of inet_get_addr()
> 
>  include/utils.h       |   36 ++++++++++++++++-
>  ip/iplink_geneve.c    |   23 +++++------
>  ip/iplink_vxlan.c     |   72 ++++++++++++---------------------
>  ip/iproute_lwtunnel.c |    5 ++-
>  ip/ipseg6.c           |    8 ++--
>  lib/utils.c           |  108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  6 files changed, 142 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
> 

Let's consider this for net-next.
Not for current release.