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From: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
To: sbrivio@redhat.com, dgibson@redhat.com,
	david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, jmaloy@redhat.com,
	passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: [PATCH] netlink: Return prefix length for IPv6 addresses in nl_addr_get()
Date: Tue,  3 Mar 2026 14:16:41 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260303191641.768523-1-jmaloy@redhat.com> (raw)

nl_addr_get() was not setting the prefix_len output parameter for
IPv6 addresses, only for IPv4. This meant callers always got 0 for
IPv6, forcing them to use a hardcoded default (64).

Fix by assigning *prefix_len even in the IPv6 case.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
 netlink.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netlink.c b/netlink.c
index 82a2f0c..769cb23 100644
--- a/netlink.c
+++ b/netlink.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ int nl_addr_set_ll_nodad(int s, unsigned int ifi)
  * @ifi:	Interface index in outer network namespace
  * @af:		Address family
  * @addr:	Global address to fill
- * @prefix_len:	Mask or prefix length, to fill (for IPv4)
+ * @prefix_len:	Mask or prefix length, to fill
  * @addr_l:	Link-scoped address to fill (for IPv6)
  *
  * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ int nl_addr_get(int s, unsigned int ifi, sa_family_t af,
 				   ifa->ifa_prefixlen > prefix_max) {
 				memcpy(addr, RTA_DATA(rta), RTA_PAYLOAD(rta));
 
-				prefix_max = ifa->ifa_prefixlen;
+				prefix_max = *prefix_len = ifa->ifa_prefixlen;
 			}
 
 			if (addr_l &&
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-03-03 19:16 UTC|newest]

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2026-03-03 19:16 Jon Maloy [this message]
2026-03-04 18:46 ` Stefano Brivio

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