Re: [patch] repost of netfilter/NIPQUAD patches

From: Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 06:10:25 EST


> All network address strings have a bounded length, therefore you can
> allocate a string buffer for each address on the stack in the caller,
> and have the inet_ntoa()-like functions fill it. This buffer can be
> passed to printk() with an ordinary "%s" flag.

Still too much code duplication (and it reeks of the SMALLBUF, BIGBUF
things found in too many apps). This is _perfect_ stuff for writing a
suitable library function.

Olaf

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