From 4735f03c5ab4ee3518943576e2ebf8e4d463abcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: antirez Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 13:11:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] hiredis: minimal IPv6 support. --- deps/hiredis/net.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/deps/hiredis/net.c b/deps/hiredis/net.c index 82ab2b468..b10eee2e5 100644 --- a/deps/hiredis/net.c +++ b/deps/hiredis/net.c @@ -215,9 +215,17 @@ int redisContextConnectTcp(redisContext *c, const char *addr, int port, struct t hints.ai_family = AF_INET; hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM; + /* Try with IPv6 if no IPv4 address was found. We do it in this order since + * in a Redis client you can't afford to test if you have IPv6 connectivity + * as this would add latency to every connect. Otherwise a more sensible + * route could be: Use IPv6 if both addresses are available and there is IPv6 + * connectivity. */ if ((rv = getaddrinfo(addr,_port,&hints,&servinfo)) != 0) { - __redisSetError(c,REDIS_ERR_OTHER,gai_strerror(rv)); - return REDIS_ERR; + hints.ai_family = AF_INET6; + if ((rv = getaddrinfo(addr,_port,&hints,&servinfo)) != 0) { + __redisSetError(c,REDIS_ERR_OTHER,gai_strerror(rv)); + return REDIS_ERR; + } } for (p = servinfo; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) { if ((s = socket(p->ai_family,p->ai_socktype,p->ai_protocol)) == -1)