[PATCH] printf: add IPv6 address format tests

From: Shuvam Pandey

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 07:46:10 EST


printf_kunit already covers IPv4 address formatting, but the ip6()
test case is empty even though printk-formats.rst documents %pI6,
%pi6, %pI6c, and generic %pIS variants.

Add focused IPv6 checks for raw and generic formatting, compressed
output, the single-zero %pI6c corner case, and bracketed port
formatting for sockaddr_in6.

Validated with the arm64 printf KUnit suite and a W=1 rebuild of
lib/tests/printf_kunit.o.

Signed-off-by: Shuvam Pandey <shuvampandey1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/tests/printf_kunit.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/tests/printf_kunit.c b/lib/tests/printf_kunit.c
index c64bfe79652e..739c755dd1ab 100644
--- a/lib/tests/printf_kunit.c
+++ b/lib/tests/printf_kunit.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/dcache.h>
#include <linux/socket.h>
#include <linux/in.h>
+#include <linux/in6.h>

#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -437,6 +438,27 @@ ip4(struct kunit *kunittest)
static void
ip6(struct kunit *kunittest)
{
+ const struct in6_addr addr = {
+ .s6_addr = { 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x04,
+ 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x08 }
+ };
+ const struct in6_addr single_zero = {
+ .s6_addr = { 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x04,
+ 0x00, 0x05, 0x00, 0x06, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x08 }
+ };
+ struct sockaddr_in6 sa = {
+ .sin6_family = AF_INET6,
+ .sin6_port = cpu_to_be16(12345),
+ .sin6_addr = addr,
+ };
+
+ test("00010002000300040005000600070008|0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008",
+ "%pi6|%pI6", &addr, &addr);
+ test("00010002000300040005000600070008|0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008",
+ "%piS|%pIS", &sa, &sa);
+ test("1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8", "%pI6c", &addr);
+ test("1:0:3:4:5:6:7:8", "%pI6c", &single_zero);
+ test("[1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:12345", "%pISpc", &sa);
}

static void
--
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