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-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h | 39 |
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h index c4beb57..70df4f1 100644 --- a/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h +++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/msg_prot.h @@ -152,5 +152,44 @@ typedef __be32 rpc_fraghdr; */ #define RPCBIND_MAXNETIDLEN (4u) +/* + * Universal addresses are introduced in RFC 1833 and further spelled + * out in RFC 3530. RPCBIND_MAXUADDRLEN defines a maximum byte length + * of a universal address for use in allocating buffers and character + * arrays. + * + * Quoting RFC 3530, section 2.2: + * + * For TCP over IPv4 and for UDP over IPv4, the format of r_addr is the + * US-ASCII string: + * + * h1.h2.h3.h4.p1.p2 + * + * The prefix, "h1.h2.h3.h4", is the standard textual form for + * representing an IPv4 address, which is always four octets long. + * Assuming big-endian ordering, h1, h2, h3, and h4, are respectively, + * the first through fourth octets each converted to ASCII-decimal. + * Assuming big-endian ordering, p1 and p2 are, respectively, the first + * and second octets each converted to ASCII-decimal. For example, if a + * host, in big-endian order, has an address of 0x0A010307 and there is + * a service listening on, in big endian order, port 0x020F (decimal + * 527), then the complete universal address is "10.1.3.7.2.15". + * + * ... + * + * For TCP over IPv6 and for UDP over IPv6, the format of r_addr is the + * US-ASCII string: + * + * x1:x2:x3:x4:x5:x6:x7:x8.p1.p2 + * + * The suffix "p1.p2" is the service port, and is computed the same way + * as with universal addresses for TCP and UDP over IPv4. The prefix, + * "x1:x2:x3:x4:x5:x6:x7:x8", is the standard textual form for + * representing an IPv6 address as defined in Section 2.2 of [RFC2373]. + * Additionally, the two alternative forms specified in Section 2.2 of + * [RFC2373] are also acceptable. + */ +#define RPCBIND_MAXUADDRLEN (56u) + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_MSGPROT_H_ */ |