Re: [PATCH] Fix NFS mount from IPv6 addresses

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On Fri, 2019-01-11 at 12:18 -0600, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> When an NFS server is specified by an IPv6 address and no mount
> options, the mount fails because check_address_proto()
> receives vers with TCP_REQUESTED set but the host.addr_len is
> INET6_ADDRSTRLEN. Removing the check for INET_ADDRSTRLEN
> fixes this issue.

Thanks for the patch Goldwyn.

Shouldn't that be "Removing the check for INET6_ADDRSTRLEN fixes
this issue".

> 
> However, this would allow mount from "proto=tcp" for an IPv6
> addressed server.

This statement is a bit confusing, Isn't this the point of the
change?

I need to try and find the reason I added this check in the
first place to work out if removing the check could introduce
a problem ...

> 
> Fixes: 9053214 ("autofs-5.1.3 - fix ipv6 proto option handling")

Can I have a look at the bug, couldn't find it by searching for
it?

> Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  modules/replicated.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/modules/replicated.c b/modules/replicated.c
> index 740270e..e99e32a 100644
> --- a/modules/replicated.c
> +++ b/modules/replicated.c
> @@ -497,9 +497,6 @@ static int check_address_proto(unsigned logopt,
>  	if (ipv6_requested) {
>  		if (host->addr_len == INET_ADDRSTRLEN)
>  			ret = 0;
> -	} else {
> -		if (host->addr_len == INET6_ADDRSTRLEN)
> -			ret = 0;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!ret)




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