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IPv6 hton layout does not match ipv6_mreq
Given this C program:
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
struct ipv6_mreq req;
memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
req.ipv6mr_multiaddr.s6_addr[0] = 0xFF;
req.ipv6mr_multiaddr.s6_addr[1] = 0x02;
req.ipv6mr_multiaddr.s6_addr[15] = 0xFB;
uint8_t * ptr = (uint8_t *)&req;
for(int i = 0; i < sizeof(req); i++) {
fprintf(stderr, "\\%#02x", ptr[i]);
}
fprintf(stderr, "\n");
return 0;
}
The bytes of the ipv6_mreq struct are: \0xff\0x2\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\0xfb\00\00\00\00
However, if I use this Ruby program:
require "ipaddr"
p IPAddr.new("ff02::fb").hton
The bytes are: "\xFF\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFB"
I think hton should match the ipv6_mreq layout.
btw I'm not confident that I'm debugging this correctly, but I think the bytes should be the same.