Deprecate IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, and Ipv6Addr

Because they're redundant with types in the standard library.

Fixes #1681

Author: asomers

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 - Deprecated `InetAddr` and `SockAddr` in favor of `SockaddrIn`, `SockaddrIn6`,
   and `SockaddrStorage`.
   (#[1684](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1684))
+- Deprecated `IpAddr`, `Ipv4Addr`, and `Ipv6Addr` in favor of their equivalents
+  from the standard library.
+  (#[1685](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1685))
 
 ### Fixed
 

Cargo.toml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ targets = [
 libc = { version = "0.2.121", features = [ "extra_traits" ] }
 bitflags = "1.1"
 cfg-if = "1.0"
+static_assertions = "1.1.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "redox"))'.dependencies]
 memoffset = { version = "0.6.3", optional = true }

src/sys/socket/addr.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,32 @@ use crate::sys::socket::addr::sys_control::SysControlAddr;
 pub use self::datalink::LinkAddr;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "linux"))]
 pub use self::vsock::VsockAddr;
+#[cfg(feature = "net")]
+use static_assertions::const_assert_eq;
+
+/// Convert a std::net::Ipv4Addr into the libc form.
+// In the standard library, this is a simple newtype, but it doesn't expose
+// the inner libc type, so we must use a pointer cast.
+#[cfg(feature = "net")]
+pub(crate) const fn ipv4addr_to_libc(addr: net::Ipv4Addr) -> libc::in_addr {
+    const_assert_eq!(mem::size_of::<libc::in_addr>(),
+                     mem::size_of::<net::Ipv4Addr>());
+    unsafe {
+        *(&addr as *const net::Ipv4Addr as *const libc::in_addr)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Convert a std::net::Ipv6Addr into the libc form.
+// In the standard library, this is a simple newtype, but it doesn't expose
+// the inner libc type, so we must use a pointer cast.
+#[cfg(feature = "net")]
+pub(crate) const fn ipv6addr_to_libc(addr: &net::Ipv6Addr) -> &libc::in6_addr {
+    const_assert_eq!(mem::size_of::<libc::in6_addr>(),
+                     mem::size_of::<net::Ipv6Addr>());
+    unsafe {
+        &*(addr as *const net::Ipv6Addr as *const libc::in6_addr)
+    }
+}
 
 /// These constants specify the protocol family to be used
 /// in [`socket`](fn.socket.html) and [`socketpair`](fn.socketpair.html)
@@ -497,14 +523,20 @@ impl fmt::Display for InetAddr {
  * ===== IpAddr =====
  *
  */
-#[allow(missing_docs)]  // https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/issues/1681
+#[allow(missing_docs)]  // Since they're all deprecated anyway
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "0.24.0",
+    note = "Use std::net::IpAddr instead"
+)]
 pub enum IpAddr {
     V4(Ipv4Addr),
     V6(Ipv6Addr),
 }
 
-#[allow(missing_docs)]  // https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/issues/1681
+#[allow(deprecated)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]  // Since they're all deprecated anyway
 impl IpAddr {
     /// Create a new IpAddr that contains an IPv4 address.
     ///
@@ -537,6 +569,7 @@ impl IpAddr {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 impl fmt::Display for IpAddr {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match *self {
@@ -552,12 +585,17 @@ impl fmt::Display for IpAddr {
  *
  */
 
-#[allow(missing_docs)]  // https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/issues/1681
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "0.24.0",
+    note = "Use std::net::Ipv4Addr instead"
+)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]  // Since they're all deprecated anyway
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Ipv4Addr(pub libc::in_addr);
 
-#[allow(missing_docs)]  // https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/issues/1681
+#[allow(deprecated)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]  // Since they're all deprecated anyway
 impl Ipv4Addr {
     #[allow(clippy::identity_op)]   // More readable this way
     pub const fn new(a: u8, b: u8, c: u8, d: u8) -> Ipv4Addr {
@@ -591,6 +629,7 @@ impl Ipv4Addr {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 impl fmt::Display for Ipv4Addr {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         let octets = self.octets();
@@ -604,7 +643,11 @@ impl fmt::Display for Ipv4Addr {
  *
  */
 
-#[allow(missing_docs)]  // https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/issues/1681
+#[deprecated(
+    since = "0.24.0",
+    note = "Use std::net::Ipv6Addr instead"
+)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]  // Since they're all deprecated anyway
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, Hash, PartialEq)]
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Ipv6Addr(pub libc::in6_addr);
@@ -625,7 +668,8 @@ macro_rules! to_u16_array {
     }
 }
 
-#[allow(missing_docs)]  // https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/issues/1681
+#[allow(deprecated)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]  // Since they're all deprecated anyway
 impl Ipv6Addr {
     #[allow(clippy::many_single_char_names)]
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -649,6 +693,7 @@ impl Ipv6Addr {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(deprecated)]
 impl fmt::Display for Ipv6Addr {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         self.to_std().fmt(fmt)
@@ -1172,7 +1217,7 @@ impl From<net::SocketAddrV4> for SockaddrIn {
             sin_len: mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in>() as u8,
             sin_family: AddressFamily::Inet as sa_family_t,
             sin_port: addr.port().to_be(),  // network byte order
-            sin_addr: Ipv4Addr::from_std(addr.ip()).0,
+            sin_addr: ipv4addr_to_libc(*addr.ip()),
             .. unsafe { mem::zeroed() }
         })
     }
@@ -1266,7 +1311,7 @@ impl From<net::SocketAddrV6> for SockaddrIn6 {
             sin6_len: mem::size_of::<libc::sockaddr_in6>() as u8,
             sin6_family: AddressFamily::Inet6 as sa_family_t,
             sin6_port: addr.port().to_be(),  // network byte order
-            sin6_addr: Ipv6Addr::from_std(addr.ip()).0,
+            sin6_addr: *ipv6addr_to_libc(&addr.ip()),
             sin6_flowinfo: addr.flowinfo(),  // host byte order
             sin6_scope_id: addr.scope_id(),  // host byte order
             .. unsafe { mem::zeroed() }
@@ -2545,6 +2590,24 @@ pub mod vsock {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    mod types {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_ipv4addr_to_libc() {
+            let s = std::net::Ipv4Addr::new(1, 2, 3, 4);
+            let l = ipv4addr_to_libc(s);
+            assert_eq!(l.s_addr, u32::to_be(0x01020304));
+        }
+
+        #[test]
+        fn test_ipv6addr_to_libc() {
+            let s = std::net::Ipv6Addr::new(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8);
+            let l = ipv6addr_to_libc(&s);
+            assert_eq!(l.s6_addr, [0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 5, 0, 6, 0, 7, 0, 8]);
+        }
+    }
+
     mod link {
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "ios",
                   target_os = "macos",

src/sys/socket/mod.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use libc::{self, c_void, c_int, iovec, socklen_t, size_t,
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::{mem, ptr, slice};
 use std::os::unix::io::RawFd;
+#[cfg(feature = "net")]
+use std::net;
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 #[cfg(feature = "uio")]
 use crate::sys::time::TimeSpec;
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ pub use libc::{sockaddr_in, sockaddr_in6};
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub use libc::{c_uint, CMSG_SPACE};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "net")]
+use crate::sys::socket::addr::{ipv4addr_to_libc, ipv6addr_to_libc};
+
 /// These constants are used to specify the communication semantics
 /// when creating a socket with [`socket()`](fn.socket.html)
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
@@ -496,10 +501,14 @@ impl IpMembershipRequest {
     /// Instantiate a new `IpMembershipRequest`
     ///
     /// If `interface` is `None`, then `Ipv4Addr::any()` will be used for the interface.
-    pub fn new(group: Ipv4Addr, interface: Option<Ipv4Addr>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(group: net::Ipv4Addr, interface: Option<net::Ipv4Addr>)
+        -> Self
+    {
         IpMembershipRequest(libc::ip_mreq {
-            imr_multiaddr: group.0,
-            imr_interface: interface.unwrap_or_else(Ipv4Addr::any).0,
+            imr_multiaddr: ipv4addr_to_libc(group),
+            imr_interface: ipv4addr_to_libc(
+                interface.unwrap_or(net::Ipv4Addr::UNSPECIFIED)
+            ),
         })
     }
 }
@@ -513,9 +522,9 @@ pub struct Ipv6MembershipRequest(libc::ipv6_mreq);
 
 impl Ipv6MembershipRequest {
     /// Instantiate a new `Ipv6MembershipRequest`
-    pub const fn new(group: Ipv6Addr) -> Self {
+    pub const fn new(group: net::Ipv6Addr) -> Self {
         Ipv6MembershipRequest(libc::ipv6_mreq {
-            ipv6mr_multiaddr: group.0,
+            ipv6mr_multiaddr: *ipv6addr_to_libc(&group),
             ipv6mr_interface: 0,
         })
     }