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net: /proc/net/ip_mr_cache, display Iif as a signed short 

Today, iproute2 fails to show multicast forwarding unresolved cache
entries while scanning /proc/net/ip_mr_cache.

Indeed, it expects to see -1 in 'Iif' column to identify unresolved
entries but the kernel outputs 65535. It's a signed/unsigned issue:

'Iif', the source interface, is retrieved from member mfc_parent in
struct mfc_cache. mfc_parent is a vifi_t: unsigned short, but is
displayed in ipmr_mfc_seq_show() as "%-3d", signed integer.

In unresolevd entries, the 65535 value (0xFFFF) comes from this define:
#define ALL_VIFS    ((vifi_t)(-1))

That may explains why the guy who added support for this in iproute2
thought a -1 should be expected.

I don't know if this must be fixed in kernel or in iproute2. Who is
right? What is the correct API? How was it designed originally?

I let you decide if it should goes in the kernel or be fixed in iproute2.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@bull.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Benjamin Thery 2008-12-03 22:22:16 -08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1ea472e2de
commit 999890b21a
2 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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net/ipv4/ipmr.c
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@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ static int ipmr_mfc_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
const struct mfc_cache *mfc = v;
const struct ipmr_mfc_iter *it = seq->private;
seq_printf(seq, "%08lX %08lX %-3d",
seq_printf(seq, "%08lX %08lX %-3hd",
(unsigned long) mfc->mfc_mcastgrp,
(unsigned long) mfc->mfc_origin,
mfc->mfc_parent);

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net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
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@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int ipmr_mfc_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
const struct mfc6_cache *mfc = v;
const struct ipmr_mfc_iter *it = seq->private;
seq_printf(seq, "%pI6 %pI6 %-3d",
seq_printf(seq, "%pI6 %pI6 %-3hd",
&mfc->mf6c_mcastgrp, &mfc->mf6c_origin,
mfc->mf6c_parent);