Re: [PATCH] IB/srp: Fix IPv6 address parsing

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On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 03:49:53AM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-03-07 at 20:28 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 03:18:54AM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2018-03-07 at 20:10 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 04:54:14PM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > > > > Split IPv6 addresses at the colon that separates the IPv6 address
> > > > > and the port number instead of at a colon in the middle of the IPv6
> > > > > address.
> > > > 
> > > > That isn't how IPv6 addresses are supposed to be represented..
> > > > 
> > > > A IPv6 with a port should be enclosed in [] eg
> > > > 
> > > > [2001::123]:12
> > > 
> > > Hello Jason,
> > > 
> > > The patch I posted fixes parsing of IPv6 addresses like the one in your
> > > example. Did I perhaps misunderstand something?
> > 
> > ?? I don't see any handling of [] in the code?
> > 
> > Doesn't the code split the above into
> > 
> > '[2001::123]' and '12'
> > 
> > Then pass that to inet_pton_with_scope which will barf on the []
> > address?
> > 
> > It is just very jarring to see code handling IPv6 addresses + port and
> > not use the standard/expected [] notation.
> 
> Hello Jason,
> 
> What srp_parse_in() does with this patch applied is to split [2001::123]:12
> into [2001::123] and 12. Without this patch the same address is split into
> [2001 and :123]:12, which is wrong.

Hm, Ok. I didn't find the handling of the [] but I'm sure you have
tested it.

Jason
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