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Diffstat (limited to 'target/linux/generic/backport-4.9/095-Allow-class-e-address-assignment-via-ifconfig-ioctl.patch')
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diff --git a/target/linux/generic/backport-4.9/095-Allow-class-e-address-assignment-via-ifconfig-ioctl.patch b/target/linux/generic/backport-4.9/095-Allow-class-e-address-assignment-via-ifconfig-ioctl.patch deleted file mode 100644 index 38ae076678..0000000000 --- a/target/linux/generic/backport-4.9/095-Allow-class-e-address-assignment-via-ifconfig-ioctl.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,79 +0,0 @@ -From 46bf067870156abd61fe24d14c2486d15b8b502c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 -From: Dave Taht <dave@taht.net> -Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:38:40 +0000 -Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Allow class-e address assignment in ifconfig and early - boot - -While the linux kernel became mostly "class-e clean" a decade ago, -and most distributions long ago switched to the iproute2 suite -of utilities, which allow class-e (240.0.0.0/4) address assignment, -distributions relying on busybox, toybox and other forms of -ifconfig cannot assign class-e addresses without this kernel patch. - -With this patch, also, a boot command line on these addresses is feasible: -(ip=248.0.1.2::248.0.1.1:255.255.255.0). - -While CIDR has been obsolete for 2 decades, and a survey of all the -userspace open source code in the world shows most IN_whatever macros -are also obsolete... rather than obsolete CIDR from this ioctl entirely, -this patch merely enables class-e assignment, sanely. - -H/T to Vince Fuller and his original patch here: - https://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/7/370 - -Signed-off-by: Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> -Reviewed-by: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> ---- - include/uapi/linux/in.h | 8 ++++++-- - net/ipv4/devinet.c | 4 +++- - net/ipv4/ipconfig.c | 2 ++ - 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) - ---- a/include/uapi/linux/in.h -+++ b/include/uapi/linux/in.h -@@ -266,8 +266,12 @@ struct sockaddr_in { - #define IN_MULTICAST(a) IN_CLASSD(a) - #define IN_MULTICAST_NET 0xF0000000 - --#define IN_EXPERIMENTAL(a) ((((long int) (a)) & 0xf0000000) == 0xf0000000) --#define IN_BADCLASS(a) IN_EXPERIMENTAL((a)) -+#define IN_BADCLASS(a) (((long int) (a) ) == (long int)0xffffffff) -+#define IN_EXPERIMENTAL(a) IN_BADCLASS((a)) -+ -+#define IN_CLASSE(a) ((((long int) (a)) & 0xf0000000) == 0xf0000000) -+#define IN_CLASSE_NET 0xffffffff -+#define IN_CLASSE_NSHIFT 0 - - /* Address to accept any incoming messages. */ - #define INADDR_ANY ((unsigned long int) 0x00000000) ---- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c -+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c -@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static int inet_abc_len(__be32 addr) - { - int rc = -1; /* Something else, probably a multicast. */ - -- if (ipv4_is_zeronet(addr)) -+ if (ipv4_is_zeronet(addr) || ipv4_is_lbcast(addr)) - rc = 0; - else { - __u32 haddr = ntohl(addr); -@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ static int inet_abc_len(__be32 addr) - rc = 16; - else if (IN_CLASSC(haddr)) - rc = 24; -+ else if (IN_CLASSE(haddr)) -+ rc = 32; - } - - return rc; ---- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c -+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c -@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ static int __init ic_defaults(void) - ic_netmask = htonl(IN_CLASSB_NET); - else if (IN_CLASSC(ntohl(ic_myaddr))) - ic_netmask = htonl(IN_CLASSC_NET); -+ else if (IN_CLASSE(ntohl(ic_myaddr))) -+ ic_netmask = htonl(IN_CLASSE_NET); - else { - pr_err("IP-Config: Unable to guess netmask for address %pI4\n", - &ic_myaddr); |