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[src/trunk]: src/sbin/ping6 In ping6, there's no blank space in the ping pack...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/90b18daa0015
branches:  trunk
changeset: 1021603:90b18daa0015
user:      dholland <dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Jun 07 22:13:34 2021 +0000

description:
In ping6, there's no blank space in the ping packets by default.

- document that if you use -p to specify a fill pattern you need to
make the packets bigger with -s;

- warn if -p is used and there's not at least one byte of fill space.

PR 56057

diffstat:

 sbin/ping6/ping6.8 |  8 ++++++--
 sbin/ping6/ping6.c |  8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (58 lines):

diff -r bf102becbc23 -r 90b18daa0015 sbin/ping6/ping6.8
--- a/sbin/ping6/ping6.8        Mon Jun 07 21:44:35 2021 +0000
+++ b/sbin/ping6/ping6.8        Mon Jun 07 22:13:34 2021 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: ping6.8,v 1.33 2018/04/23 18:44:39 maxv Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: ping6.8,v 1.34 2021/06/07 22:13:34 dholland Exp $
 .\"    $KAME: ping6.8,v 1.57 2002/05/26 13:18:25 itojun Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd April 23, 2018
+.Dd June 7, 2021
 .Dt PING6 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@
 .Dq Li \-p ff
 will cause the sent packet to be filled with all
 ones.
+Note that for IPv6 there is no fill space by default so it is
+necessary to also use the
+.Fl s
+option to expand the packet.
 .\" new IPsec
 .It Fl q
 Quiet output.
diff -r bf102becbc23 -r 90b18daa0015 sbin/ping6/ping6.c
--- a/sbin/ping6/ping6.c        Mon Jun 07 21:44:35 2021 +0000
+++ b/sbin/ping6/ping6.c        Mon Jun 07 22:13:34 2021 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*     $NetBSD: ping6.c,v 1.104 2021/05/23 07:17:50 thorpej Exp $      */
+/*     $NetBSD: ping6.c,v 1.105 2021/06/07 22:13:34 dholland Exp $     */
 /*     $KAME: ping6.c,v 1.164 2002/11/16 14:05:37 itojun Exp $ */
 
 /*
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #else
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #ifndef lint
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: ping6.c,v 1.104 2021/05/23 07:17:50 thorpej Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: ping6.c,v 1.105 2021/06/07 22:13:34 dholland Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -569,6 +569,10 @@
        } else
                target = argv[argc - 1];
 
+       if ((options & F_PINGFILLED) != 0 && datalen <= (int)ICMP6ECHOTMLEN) {
+               warnx("-p: No fill space; increase packet size with -s");
+       }
+
        /* getaddrinfo */
        memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
        hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;



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