Re: [PATCH rfc 0/4] Introduce a new helper for parsing ipv[4|6]:port to socket address
From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Date: 2017-02-16 18:11:27
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linux-nvme, netdev
From: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Date: 2017-02-16 18:11:27
Also in:
linux-nvme, netdev
quoted
Yea, I wanted to get all the rpc_pton/rpc_ntop (which handle both ipv4 and ipv6 with scopes) converted to use a common helper.RPC is dealing with universal addresses, which are not quite the same as IP presentation addresses. The port number is expressed as: hi8.lo8
I noticed that, that's why there will be some processing in sunrpc to construct a port string to a generic helper (if it chooses to use it).
And universal IPv6 addresses don't have a mechanism for conveying scope information.
I do see scope handling in rpc_pton6 code if provided...