This change “netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup” (commit 00fe11b) in Linux kernel is authored by Sabrina Dubroca <sd [at] queasysnail.net> on Thu Feb 6 18:34:12 2014 +0100.
Description of “netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup”
The change “netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup” introduces changes as follows.
netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup
Currently, to make netconsole start over IPv6, the source address
needs to be specified. Without a source address, netpoll_parse_options
assumes we're setting up over IPv4 and the destination IPv6 address is
rejected.
Check if the IP version has been forced by a source address before
checking for a version mismatch when parsing the destination address.
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Acked-by: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>Linux kernel code changes from “netpoll: fix netconsole IPv6 setup”
There are 4 lines of Linux source code added/deleted in this change. Code changes to Linux kernel are as follows.
net/core/netpoll.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index c03f3dec4763..a664f7829a6d 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
{
char *cur=opt, *delim;
int ipv6;
+ bool ipversion_set = false;
if (*cur != '@') {
if ((delim = strchr(cur, '@')) == NULL)
@@ -960,6 +961,7 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
cur++;
if (*cur != '/') {
+ ipversion_set = true;
if ((delim = strchr(cur, '/')) == NULL)
goto parse_failed;
*delim = 0;
@@ -1002,7 +1004,7 @@ int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt)
ipv6 = netpoll_parse_ip_addr(cur, &np->remote_ip);
if (ipv6 < 0)
goto parse_failed;
- else if (np->ipv6 != (bool)ipv6)
+ else if (ipversion_set && np->ipv6 != (bool)ipv6)
goto parse_failed;
else
np->ipv6 = (bool)ipv6;The commit for this change in Linux stable tree is 00fe11b (patch).