Re: [PATCH 001/001] ipv4: enable use of 240/4 address space

From: Vince Fuller
Date: Thu Jan 17 2008 - 19:41:02 EST


On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 12:04:06AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> On Jan 7 2008 17:10, Vince Fuller wrote:
> >--- net/ipv4/devinet.c.orig 2007-04-12 10:16:23.000000000 -0700
> >+++ net/ipv4/devinet.c 2008-01-07 16:55:59.000000000 -0800
> >@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ static __inline__ int inet_abc_len(__be3
> > rc = 16;
> > else if (IN_CLASSC(haddr))
> > rc = 24;
> >+ else if (IN_CLASSE(haddr))
> >+ rc = 24;
> > }
> >
> > return rc;
>
> Any particular reason why 24?

Using the same default as old-style "class-C" seemed to be the most expedient
thing to do.

In normal practice, the mask should be explicitly configured so this case
should not be frequently encountered.

--Vince
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