On 07/19/2018 01:31 AM, David Miller wrote:
From: Sowmini Varadhan
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:33:40 -0700
On (07/18/18 15:19), Ka-Cheong Poon wrote:
bind() and connect() are using the sa_family/ss_family to have
the application signal to the kernel about whether ipv4 or ipv6 is
desired. (and
On 7/13/2018 4:02 AM, Ka-Cheong Poon wrote:
This patch set adds IPv6 support to the kernel RDS and related
modules. Existing RDS apps using IPv4 address continue to run without
any problem. New RDS apps which want to use IPv6 address can do so by
passing the address in struct sockaddr_in6 to
From: Sowmini Varadhan
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 03:33:40 -0700
> On (07/18/18 15:19), Ka-Cheong Poon wrote:
>> >bind() and connect() are using the sa_family/ss_family to have
>> >the application signal to the kernel about whether ipv4 or ipv6 is
>> >desired. (and bind and connect are doing the
On (07/18/18 15:19), Ka-Cheong Poon wrote:
> >bind() and connect() are using the sa_family/ss_family to have
> >the application signal to the kernel about whether ipv4 or ipv6 is
> >desired. (and bind and connect are doing the right thing for
> >v4mapped, so that doesnt seem to be a problem there)
On 07/17/2018 07:27 PM, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
On (07/17/18 13:32), Ka-Cheong Poon wrote:
The app can use either structures to make the call. When the
app fills in the structure, it knows what it is filling in,
either sockaddr_in or sockaddr_in6. So it knows the right size
to use. The app
On (07/17/18 13:32), Ka-Cheong Poon wrote:
>
> The app can use either structures to make the call. When the
> app fills in the structure, it knows what it is filling in,
> either sockaddr_in or sockaddr_in6. So it knows the right size
> to use. The app can also use IPv4 mapped address in a
On 07/17/2018 12:20 AM, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
- Looks like rds_connect() is checking things in the right order (thanks)
However, rds_cancel_sent_to is still looking at the len to figure
out the family.. as we move to ipv6, it would be better if we allow
the caller to specify
- Looks like rds_connect() is checking things in the right order (thanks)
However, rds_cancel_sent_to is still looking at the len to figure
out the family.. as we move to ipv6, it would be better if we allow
the caller to specify struct sockaddr_storage, or even a union of
This patch set adds IPv6 support to the kernel RDS and related
modules. Existing RDS apps using IPv4 address continue to run without
any problem. New RDS apps which want to use IPv6 address can do so by
passing the address in struct sockaddr_in6 to bind(), connect() or
sendmsg(). And those apps
