FreeBSD change for openssh

Loganaden Velvindron loganaden at gmail.com
Fri Dec 10 04:45:18 AEDT 2021


This looks like a good change to me.

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 7:23 PM Mike Karels <karels at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> I submitted this proposed change for openssh a while back, designed to
> reduce embedded knowledge of old Class A/B/C networks and use the system's
> IN_LOOPBACK macro where it exists.  I received just one comment:
>
> Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 11:51, Mike Karels <karels at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > +#ifndef IN_LOOPBACK
> > > +#define IN_LOOPBACK(i)         (((i) & 0xff000000) == 0x7f000000)
> > > +#endif
> > ...
> > >  static int
> > >  sockaddr_is_local(struct sockaddr *hostaddr)
> > >  {
> > >         switch (hostaddr->sa_family) {
> > >         case AF_INET:
> > > -               return (ntohl(((struct sockaddr_in *)hostaddr)->
> > > -                   sin_addr.s_addr) >> 24) == IN_LOOPBACKNET;
> > > +               return (IN_LOOPBACK(ntohl(((struct sockaddr_in *)hostaddr)->
> > > +                   sin_addr.s_addr)));
>
> > Looks fine to me.
>
> > IMO #ifndef is reasonable as it's unlikely that IN_LOOPBACK() would be
> > implemented as other than a macro anywhere, but could be a full
> > autoconf check if that's what OpenSSH folks want.
>
> Any other comments or suggestions?  Any general thoughts on doing this?
> I'd like to get it committed if possible.
>
> Thanks,
>                 Mike
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