Re: [REVIEW] macaddr 64 bit (EUI-64) datatype support

Haribabu Kommi <kommi.haribabu@gmail.com>

From: Haribabu Kommi <kommi.haribabu@gmail.com>
To: Vitaly Burovoy <vitaly.burovoy@gmail.com>, Kuntal Ghosh <kuntalghosh.2007@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Shay Rojansky <roji@roji.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Julien Rouhaud <julien.rouhaud@dalibo.com>, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-02-06T01:27:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Vitaly Burovoy <vitaly.burovoy@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've reviewed the patch[1].
>
> Result of testing:
>
> make installcheck-world:  tested, passed
> Implements feature:       tested, passed
> Spec compliant:           tested, passed
> Documentation:            tested, passed
>
>
> The patch introduce a new type macaddr8 for EUI-64 addresses[2]
> (assuming OUI field is 24 bits wide) with EUI-48 (existing "macaddr"
> type) interoperability.
> It is a mostly copy-pasted macaddr implementation with necessary
> changes for increased range.
> Consensus was reached on such implementation in the current thread before.
>
> There are two patch files for convenient reviewing: base macaddr8
> implementation and its supporting in btree-gin and btree-gist indexes.
>
> The patch:
> * cleanly applies to the current master
> (6af8b89adba16f97bee0d3b01256861e10d0e4f1);
> * passes tests;
> * looks fine, follows the PostgreSQL style guide;
> * has documentation changes;
> * has tests.
>
> All notes and requirements were took into account and the patch was
> changed according to them.
> I have no suggestions on improving it.
>
> The new status of this patch is: Ready for Committer
>

Thanks for the review.

Regards,
Hari Babu
Fujitsu Australia

Commits

  1. Add support for EUI-64 MAC addresses as macaddr8

  2. perltidy pg_dump TAP tests