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Diffstat (limited to 'node')
| -rw-r--r-- | node/Path.hpp | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/node/Path.hpp b/node/Path.hpp index 0e53772d..1f947911 100644 --- a/node/Path.hpp +++ b/node/Path.hpp @@ -93,7 +93,16 @@ public: /** * @return Preference rank, higher == better */ - inline int preferenceRank() const throw() { return (int)_ipScope; } // IP scopes are in ascending rank order in InetAddress.hpp + inline int preferenceRank() const throw() + { + // First, since the scope enum values in InetAddress.hpp are in order of + // use preference rank, we take that. Then we multiple by two, yielding + // a sequence like 0, 2, 4, 6, etc. Then if it's IPv6 we add one. This + // makes IPv6 addresses of a given scope outrank IPv4 addresses of the + // same scope -- e.g. 1 outranks 0. This makes us prefer IPv6, but not + // if the address scope/class is of a fundamentally lower rank. + return ( ((int)_ipScope * 2) + ((_addr.ss_family == AF_INET6) ? 1 : 0) ); + } /** * @return Path trust level |