Add IPv6 support for OpenFlow, OVSDB, NetFlow, and sFlow.

Does not add IPv6 support for in-band control. Co-authored-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Nandan Nivgune <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Abhijit Bhopatkar <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
mnegi · Feb 7, 2014 · e731d71 · e731d71
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ v2.1.0 - xx xxx xxxx
      hard limit on the number of flows in the datapath.  It defaults to 200,000
      flows.  OVS automatically adjusts this number depending on network
      conditions.
+   - Added IPv6 support for active and passive socket communications.
 
 
 v2.0.0 - 15 Oct 2013

diff --git a/include/sparse/netinet/in.h b/include/sparse/netinet/in.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2013, 2014 Nicira, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ struct in6_addr {
 
 extern const struct in6_addr in6addr_any;
 
+/* Ditto, for IPv6.  */
+struct sockaddr_in6 {
+    sa_family_t sin6_family;
+    in_port_t sin6_port;        /* Transport layer port # */
+    uint32_t sin6_flowinfo;     /* IPv6 flow information */
+    struct in6_addr sin6_addr;  /* IPv6 address */
+    uint32_t sin6_scope_id;     /* IPv6 scope-id */
+};
+
 #define IPPROTO_IP 0
 #define IPPROTO_HOPOPTS 0
 #define IPPROTO_ICMP 1
@@ -84,6 +93,7 @@ extern const struct in6_addr in6addr_any;
 
 #define INADDR_ANY              0x00000000
 #define INADDR_BROADCAST        0xffffffff
+#define INADDR_LOOPBACK         0x7f000001
 #define INADDR_NONE             0xffffffff
 
 #define INET6_ADDRSTRLEN 46