Re: /proc/net/igmp group address encoding

["Rami Rosen" <roszenrami@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> since I believe netstat expects to see this the way it is.
Thanks  for drawing my attention to this; due to this , displaying in
quad format should not be implemented.

I am working on a patch for the mc_counter according to your
suggestion putting it in inet6_dev and in_device).

Thanks,

Regards,
Rami Rosen


On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, David Stevens <dlstevens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 09/24/2008 11:44:45 PM:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> - I had noticed a long ago that the IP addresses under
>>  /proc/net/igmp are in Hexa format. I am preparing a patch to fix it
>> and it will be send very soon.
>
> I don't think we can do that, since I believe netstat expects
> to see this the way it is. Maybe if we change netstat to support
> both and wait a year for all distros to get it... :-)
>
>
>> So indeed , the count (mc_count of netdevice) shows both IPv4 and IPv6
> igmp
>> groups, but in current implementation it is not immediate
>> to change it. Currently, net_device struct does not have specific
>> fields for ipv4 or ipv6.  One way of preparing a patch
>> is to change net_device to have mc_count4 and mc_count6;
>> I am really willing to prepare such a patch, but I am not sure such a
>> change in net_device is a proper and a justified
>> change to do.
>
>        These belong with mc_list in inet6_dev and in_device. Really,
> I'd just add "mc_count" as a field right next to mc_list and inc/dec
> it when calling the group join/leave functions-- use the list lock
> to protect it. The structure it's in distinguishes the protocol,
> and the names are otherwise common.
>
>                                                                +-DLS
>
>
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