Re: [iproute PATCH] ip-address: Fix filtering by negated address flags

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:52:51 +0100
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 02:47:59PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:12:01 +0100
> > Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:
> >   
> > > +	if (arg[0] == '-') {
> > > +		inv = true;
> > > +		arg++;
> > > +	}  
> > The inverse logic needs to be moved into the loop handling filter names.
> > 
> > Otherwise, you get weirdness like "-dynamic" being accepted and not
> > doing what was expected.  
> 
> I intentionally moved it there to allow for '-dynamic' and '-primary'
> as well. IMO this is consistent: 'dynamic' is the inverse of 'permanent'
> and 'primary' the inverse of 'secondary' but currently only '-permanent'
> and '-secondary' are allowed. With my patch applied, one may specify not
> only '-permanent' to get the same effect as 'dynamic' but also
> '-dynamic' to get the same effect as 'permanent'. Likewise for the other
> two. Did I miss something?
> 
> > Also, please make sure the man page matches the code.  
> 
> Oh, right. Given the above is fine with you, I will add the man page
> change in v2.
> 
> Thanks, Phil

I was thinking something like this which simplifies the logic.

diff --git a/ip/ipaddress.c b/ip/ipaddress.c
index cd8cc76a3473..3f1510383071 100644
--- a/ip/ipaddress.c
+++ b/ip/ipaddress.c
@@ -1212,37 +1212,34 @@ static void print_ifa_flags(FILE *fp, const struct ifaddrmsg *ifa,
 static int get_filter(const char *arg)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
+	bool inv = false;
 
 	/* Special cases */
 	if (strcmp(arg, "dynamic") == 0) {
-		filter.flags &= ~IFA_F_PERMANENT;
-		filter.flagmask |= IFA_F_PERMANENT;
+		arg = "-permanent";
 	} else if (strcmp(arg, "primary") == 0) {
-		filter.flags &= ~IFA_F_SECONDARY;
-		filter.flagmask |= IFA_F_SECONDARY;
-	} else if (*arg == '-') {
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ifa_flag_names); i++) {
-			if (strcmp(arg + 1, ifa_flag_names[i].name))
-				continue;
+		arg = "-secondary";
+	}
 
-			filter.flags &= ifa_flag_names[i].value;
-			filter.flagmask |= ifa_flag_names[i].value;
-			return 0;
-		}
+	if (*arg == '-') {
+		inv = true;
+		++arg;
+	}
 
-		return -1;
-	} else {
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ifa_flag_names); i++) {
-			if (strcmp(arg, ifa_flag_names[i].name))
-				continue;
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ifa_flag_names); i++) {
+		if (strcmp(arg, ifa_flag_names[i].name))
+			continue;
+
+		if (inv) {
+			filter.flags &= ~ifa_flag_names[i].value;
+			filter.flagmask |= ifa_flag_names[i].value;
+		} else {
 			filter.flags |= ifa_flag_names[i].value;
 			filter.flagmask |= ifa_flag_names[i].value;
-			return 0;
 		}
-		return -1;
+		return 0;
 	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int ifa_label_match_rta(int ifindex, const struct rtattr *rta)