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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c: Remove use of NIPQUAD
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:58:34 -0700
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On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 17:20 +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Joe Perches wrote:
> > NIPQUAD has very few uses left.
> > Remove this use and make the code have the identical form of the only
> > other use of "%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u" in net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_ftp.c
> 
> Are we trying to remove NIPQUAD? 

That is a goal for me yes.
Elimination of unnecessary stuff from kernel.h is useful.

> In my opinion the current code is
> preferrable to open-coding NIPQUAD.

$ grep -r --include=*.[ch] NIPQUAD *
include/linux/kernel.h:#define NIPQUAD(addr) \
include/linux/kernel.h:#define NIPQUAD_FMT "%u.%u.%u.%u"
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c:		sprintf(buf, "%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u", NIPQUAD(from.ip),

As of right now NIPQUAD_FMT is unused and
could be removed from kernel.h

There's 1 use of NIPQUAD.

Maybe instead of removal the #define could be
moved to netfilter.h or netfilter_ipv4.h

Another is to consolidate the two uses of
"%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u"

$ grep -r --include=*.[ch] "%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,u%" *
fs/cachefiles/bind.c:	_enter("{%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u},%s",
net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat_ftp.c:		return snprintf(buffer, buflen, "%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u",
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c:		sprintf(buf, "%u,%u,%u,%u,%u,%u", NIPQUAD(from.ip),

Maybe these 2 open coded sprintf/snprintf could be
consolidated and moved to an appropriate include
like netfilter_ipv4 or another.

What do you suggest?