Re: [PATCH v16] passt, pasta: Introduce unified multi-address data structures

[Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>]

On Wed,  4 Nov 2026 19:11:12 -0500
Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com> wrote:

> As preparation for supporting multiple addresses per interface,
> we replace the single addr/prefix_len fields with an array. The
> array consists of a new struct inany_addr_entry containing an
> address and prefix length, both in inany_addr format.
> 
> Despite some code refactoring, there are only two real functional
> changes:
> - The indicated IPv6 prefix length is now properly stored, instead
>   of being ignored and overridden with the hardcoded value 64, as
>   has been the case until now.
> - Since even IPv4 addresses now are stored in IPv6 format, we
>   also store the corresponding prefix length in that format,
>   i.e. using the range [96,128] instead of [0,32].
> 
> In conf_ip6(), the explicit IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED() check on the
> address at the end of the function is no longer needed: for
> host-discovered addresses, it is now checked inside the if (!a) block
> before calling fwd_set_addr(); for user-provided addresses (via -a),
> validation already rejects unspecified addresses at parse time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>

Applied, finally!  Sorry for the delay.

-- 
Stefano