Quoting r. Sean Hefty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] [PATCH] ib_addr: local/loopback address handling
>
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >Interpret any ZERONET/LOOPBACK address as INADDR_ANY for address
> >resolution.
>
> >- if (!src_ip) {
> >+ if (ZERONET(src_ip) || LOOPBACK(src_ip)) {
> > src_in->sin_family = dst_in->sin_family;
> > src_in->sin_addr.s_addr = dst_ip;
> > ret = copy_addr(addr, dev, dev->dev_addr);
> >
>
> I'm not as sure about this change; specifically the use of LOOPBACK(). If
> the user specifies 127.0.0.1 for their source address, this will end up
> changing that address to whatever the destination address is. Is this
> really what we want?
>
> - Sean
My testing shows that in sockets 127.0.0.1 is same as 0.
--
Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies
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