From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top, Paul Holzinger <pholzing@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/22] treewide: Rename MAC address fields for clarity
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:36:49 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZsKhsbI-1y40iYwf@zatzit.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240818174500.1f7c5c50@elisabeth>
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On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 05:45:00PM +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:39:44 +1000
> David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
>
> > c->mac isn't a great name, because it doesn't say whose mac address it is
> > and it's not necessarily obvious in all the contexts we use it. Since this
> > is specifically the address that we (passt/pasta) use on the tap interface,
> > rename it to "our_tap_mac". Rename the "mac_guest" field to "guest_mac"
> > to be grammatically consistent.
>
> Wouldn't "our_mac" suffice?
Maybe. This is supposed to emphasise that this is used on PIF_TAP -
we also (usually) have a MAC address on the host interfaces, though we
don't really need to care about it.
> Even the day we get to support other types of link (well, "tap" for a
> guest is already not a tap, I know...), or especially multiple links at
> the same time, I guess we will still want to use a single MAC address.
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Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-16 5:39 [PATCH 00/22] RFC: Allow configuration of special case NATs David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 01/22] treewide: Use "our address" instead of "forwarding address" David Gibson
2024-08-18 15:44 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-19 1:28 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 02/22] util: Helper for formatting MAC addresses David Gibson
2024-08-18 15:44 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-19 1:29 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 03/22] treewide: Rename MAC address fields for clarity David Gibson
2024-08-18 15:45 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-19 1:36 ` David Gibson [this message]
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 04/22] treewide: Use struct assignment instead of memcpy() for IP addresses David Gibson
2024-08-18 15:45 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-19 1:38 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 05/22] conf: Use array indices rather than pointers for DNS array slots David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 06/22] conf: More accurately count entries added in get_dns() David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 07/22] conf: Move DNS array bounds checks into add_dns[46] David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 08/22] conf: Move adding of a nameserver from resolv.conf into subfunction David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 09/22] conf: Correct setting of dns_match address in add_dns6() David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 10/22] conf: Treat --dns addresses as guest visible addresses David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 11/22] conf: Remove incorrect initialisation of addr_ll_seen David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 12/22] util: Correct sock_l4() binding for link local addresses David Gibson
2024-08-20 0:14 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-20 1:29 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 13/22] treewide: Change misleading 'addr_ll' name David Gibson
2024-08-20 0:15 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-20 1:30 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 14/22] Clarify which addresses in ip[46]_ctx are meaningful where David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 15/22] Initialise our_tap_ll to ip6.gw when suitable David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 16/22] fwd: Helpers to clarify what host addresses aren't guest accessible David Gibson
2024-08-20 19:56 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-21 1:40 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 17/22] fwd: Split notion of "our tap address" from gateway for IPv4 David Gibson
2024-08-20 19:56 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-21 1:56 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:39 ` [PATCH 18/22] Don't take "our" MAC address from the host David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:40 ` [PATCH 19/22] conf, fwd: Split notion of gateway/router from guest-visible host address David Gibson
2024-08-20 19:56 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-21 1:59 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:40 ` [PATCH 20/22] conf: Allow address remapped to host to be configured David Gibson
2024-08-20 19:56 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-21 2:23 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:40 ` [PATCH 21/22] fwd: Distinguish translatable from untranslatable addresses on inbound David Gibson
2024-08-16 5:40 ` [PATCH 22/22] fwd, conf: Allow NAT of the guest's assigned address David Gibson
2024-08-20 19:56 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-21 2:28 ` David Gibson
2024-08-16 14:45 ` [PATCH 00/22] RFC: Allow configuration of special case NATs Paul Holzinger
2024-08-16 15:03 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-17 8:01 ` David Gibson
2024-08-19 8:46 ` David Gibson
2024-08-19 9:27 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-19 9:52 ` David Gibson
2024-08-19 13:01 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-20 0:42 ` David Gibson
2024-08-20 20:39 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-08-21 2:51 ` David Gibson
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