Merge branch 'master' into working/master/bgp-vpn-vrf-leaking

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ipaddr.h b/lib/ipaddr.h
index 98c28008dc..44bde45add 100644
--- a/lib/ipaddr.h
+++ b/lib/ipaddr.h
@@ -85,4 +85,21 @@ static inline char *ipaddr2str(struct ipaddr *ip, char *buf, int size)
 	}
 	return buf;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Convert IPv4 address to IPv4-mapped IPv6 address which is of the
+ * form ::FFFF:<IPv4 address> (RFC 4291). This IPv6 address can then
+ * be used to represent the IPv4 address, wherever only an IPv6 address
+ * is required.
+ */
+static inline void ipv4_to_ipv4_mapped_ipv6(struct in6_addr *in6,
+					    struct in_addr in)
+{
+	u_int32_t addr_type = htonl(0xFFFF);
+
+	memset(in6, 0, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+	memcpy((char *)in6 + 8, &addr_type, sizeof(addr_type));
+	memcpy((char *)in6 + 12, &in, sizeof(struct in_addr));
+}
+
 #endif /* __IPADDR_H__ */