[Qemu-devel] [Bug 659351] [NEW] QEMU uses obsolete gethostbyname and inet_aton rather than getaddrinfo

[Benjamin Jencks]

Public bug reported:

In several places, including the tcp migration code, qemu uses
gethostbyname and inet_aton to construct a sockaddr_in. These should be
replaced by the more modern getaddrinfo for both connect and accept,
along with a loop to try all returned addrinfo structs on the connecting
side. This would also allow migration over IPv6.

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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QEMU uses obsolete gethostbyname and inet_aton rather than getaddrinfo
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/659351
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Status in QEMU: New

Bug description:
In several places, including the tcp migration code, qemu uses gethostbyname 
and inet_aton to construct a sockaddr_in. These should be replaced by the more 
modern getaddrinfo for both connect and accept, along with a loop to try all 
returned addrinfo structs on the connecting side. This would also allow 
migration over IPv6.