On Jan 4 2008 15:49, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> commit 827c835ce662ee0e060b936ac4cb35a6b2e5c10a
>> Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Wed Jan 2 17:54:52 2008 +0100
>>
>> [NETFILTER]: Extend nf_inet_addr with in{,6}_addr
>>
>> Extend union nf_inet_addr with struct in_addr and in6_addr. Useful
>> because a lot of in-kernel IPv4 and IPv6 functions use
>> in_addr/in6_addr.
>
> Also applied, thanks. Perhaps a better way would be to consistently
> only use one of both types (be32 or in_addr), but for now this
> seems fine.
>
It is because of userspace -- it uses in_addr in so many
functions, extending the union seemed like the best thing
to avoid tons of casting or compile warnings.
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