Committing a few ipfw(8) patches

Rodney W. Grimes freebsd-rwg at gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
Tue Jun 23 05:19:18 UTC 2020


> Hi freebsd-net@,
> 
> I'm really sorry if I'm bothering you with emails like this.
> 
> If there are any committers here, I have two patches for the ipfw(8) 
> subsystem.
> 
> The patches (w/ description & URL) are:
> 
> ===
> ipfw(8): In fill_ip6(), use a single statement for both "me" and "me6". 
> This prevents unneeded code duplication.
> 
> URL: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24403
> ===
> ipfw: Support {w:x:y::z}:port (bracketed) IPv6 addresses in the fwd 
> command.
> 
> While we're doing this, optimize by not attempting to parse addresses if 
> we're using tableargs.
> 
> URL: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24011
> ===
> 
> Both patches have been accepted by rgrimes@, but neither are committed 
> yet.

Since I am not an "area expert" on ipfw I do not feel comfortable
in commiting these patches without additional review.

If they can get some more review I would be fine with committing them.

> Could one of you committers please commit the above two patches? If so, 
> I would love that.
> 
> Unfortunately, I am not a committer. I just happen to share a first name 
> (not last) with one, don't get confused.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Neel Chauhan
> 
> ===
> 
> https://www.neelc.org/
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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org


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