add IPv6 support to conntrackd

11 files changed, 197 insertions, 108 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dc4efab..aa9b3d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ o cleanup error message
 o add support for -E -o xml,timestamp
 
 = conntrackd =
+o Add IPv6 support
 o Remove window tracking disabling limitation (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.22)
 o syslog support (based on patch from Simon Lodal)
 o add CacheWriteThrough clause: external cache write through policy
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 04923fc..9450aeb 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ by dificulty levels:
 
 = Requires some work =
  [ ] study better keepalived transitions
- [ ] test/fix ipv6 support
+ [X] fix ipv6 support
  [X] add support setup related conntracks
  [ ] NAT sequence adjustment support
 
diff --git a/include/cache.h b/include/cache.h
index a2b2005..f5afbe5 100644
--- a/include/cache.h
+++ b/include/cache.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ struct cache_extra {
 
 struct nf_conntrack;
 
-struct cache *cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int features, uint8_t proto, struct cache_extra *extra);
+struct cache *cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int features, struct cache_extra *extra);
 void cache_destroy(struct cache *e);
 
 struct us_conntrack *cache_add(struct cache *c, struct nf_conntrack *ct);
diff --git a/include/ignore.h b/include/ignore.h
index efb375d..e5e96ff 100644
--- a/include/ignore.h
+++ b/include/ignore.h
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ struct nf_conntrack;
 
 struct ignore_pool {
 	struct hashtable *h;
+	struct hashtable *h6;
 };
 
-struct ignore_pool *ignore_pool_create(uint8_t family);
+struct ignore_pool *ignore_pool_create(void);
 void ignore_pool_destroy(struct ignore_pool *ip);
-int ignore_pool_add(struct ignore_pool *ip, void *data);
+int ignore_pool_add(struct ignore_pool *ip, void *data, uint8_t family);
 int ignore_pool_test(struct ignore_pool *ip, struct nf_conntrack *ct);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/mcast.h b/include/mcast.h
index 4e89c72..c2fd3ec 100644
--- a/include/mcast.h
+++ b/include/mcast.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct mcast_conf {
 	} in;
 	union {
 		struct in_addr interface_addr;
-		struct in6_addr interface_addr6;
+		unsigned int interface_index6;
 	} ifa;
 	int mtu;
 	char iface[IFNAMSIZ];
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct mcast_sock {
 		struct sockaddr_in ipv4;
 		struct sockaddr_in6 ipv6;
 	} addr;
+	socklen_t sockaddr_len;
 	struct mcast_stats stats;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index 2f0e57a..73d539a 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "jhash.h"
 #include "hash.h"
+#include "log.h"
 #include "us-conntrack.h"
 #include "conntrackd.h"
 
@@ -27,11 +28,9 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-static uint32_t hash(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
+static uint32_t __hash4(const struct nf_conntrack *ct, struct hashtable *table)
 {
 	unsigned int a, b;
-	const struct us_conntrack *u = data;
-	struct nf_conntrack *ct = u->ct;
 
 	a = jhash(nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV4_SRC), sizeof(uint32_t),
 		  ((nfct_get_attr_u8(ct, ATTR_ORIG_L3PROTO) << 16) |
@@ -51,11 +50,9 @@ static uint32_t hash(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
 	return ((uint64_t)jhash_2words(a, b, 0) * table->hashsize) >> 32;
 }
 
-static uint32_t hash6(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
+static uint32_t __hash6(const struct nf_conntrack *ct, struct hashtable *table)
 {
 	unsigned int a, b;
-	const struct us_conntrack *u = data;
-	struct nf_conntrack *ct = u->ct;
 
 	a = jhash(nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC), sizeof(uint32_t)*4,
 		  ((nfct_get_attr_u8(ct, ATTR_ORIG_L3PROTO) << 16) |
@@ -68,12 +65,30 @@ static uint32_t hash6(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
 	return ((uint64_t)jhash_2words(a, b, 0) * table->hashsize) >> 32;
 }
 
+static uint32_t hash(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	const struct us_conntrack *u = data;
+
+	switch(nfct_get_attr_u8(u->ct, ATTR_L3PROTO)) {
+		case AF_INET:
+			ret = __hash4(u->ct, table);
+			break;
+		case AF_INET6:
+			ret = __hash6(u->ct, table);
+			break;
+		default:
+			dlog(LOG_ERR, "unknown layer 3 proto in hash");
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int __compare(const struct nf_conntrack *ct1, 
 		     const struct nf_conntrack *ct2)
 {
-	return ((nfct_get_attr_u8(ct1, ATTR_ORIG_L3PROTO) ==
-	  	 nfct_get_attr_u8(ct2, ATTR_ORIG_L3PROTO)) &&
-		(nfct_get_attr_u8(ct1, ATTR_ORIG_L4PROTO) ==
+	return ((nfct_get_attr_u8(ct1, ATTR_ORIG_L4PROTO) ==
 		 nfct_get_attr_u8(ct2, ATTR_ORIG_L4PROTO)) && 
 		(nfct_get_attr_u16(ct1, ATTR_ORIG_PORT_SRC) ==
 		 nfct_get_attr_u16(ct2, ATTR_ORIG_PORT_SRC)) &&
@@ -85,11 +100,9 @@ static int __compare(const struct nf_conntrack *ct1,
 	 	 nfct_get_attr_u16(ct2, ATTR_REPL_PORT_DST)));
 }
 
-static int compare(const void *data1, const void *data2)
+static int 
+__compare4(const struct us_conntrack *u1, const struct us_conntrack *u2)
 {
-	const struct us_conntrack *u1 = data1;
-	const struct us_conntrack *u2 = data2;
-
 	return ((nfct_get_attr_u32(u1->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV4_SRC) ==
 	         nfct_get_attr_u32(u2->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV4_SRC)) &&
 	 	(nfct_get_attr_u32(u1->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV4_DST) ==
@@ -101,20 +114,46 @@ static int compare(const void *data1, const void *data2)
 		 __compare(u1->ct, u2->ct));
 }
 
-static int compare6(const void *data1, const void *data2)
+static int 
+__compare6(const struct us_conntrack *u1, const struct us_conntrack *u2)
 {
+	return ((memcmp(nfct_get_attr(u1->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC),
+		        nfct_get_attr(u2->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC),
+		        sizeof(uint32_t)*4) == 0) &&
+		(memcmp(nfct_get_attr(u1->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST),
+		        nfct_get_attr(u2->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST),
+		        sizeof(uint32_t)*4) == 0) &&
+		(memcmp(nfct_get_attr(u1->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_SRC),
+		        nfct_get_attr(u2->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_SRC),
+		        sizeof(uint32_t)*4) == 0) &&
+		(memcmp(nfct_get_attr(u1->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_DST),
+		        nfct_get_attr(u2->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_DST),
+		        sizeof(uint32_t)*4) == 0) &&
+		__compare(u1->ct, u2->ct));
+}
+
+static int compare(const void *data1, const void *data2)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
 	const struct us_conntrack *u1 = data1;
 	const struct us_conntrack *u2 = data2;
 
-	return ((nfct_get_attr_u32(u1->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC) ==
-	         nfct_get_attr_u32(u2->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC)) &&
-	 	(nfct_get_attr_u32(u1->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST) ==
-		 nfct_get_attr_u32(u2->ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST)) &&
-		(nfct_get_attr_u32(u1->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_SRC) ==
-		 nfct_get_attr_u32(u2->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_SRC)) &&
-		(nfct_get_attr_u32(u1->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_DST) ==
-		 nfct_get_attr_u32(u2->ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_DST)) &&
-		 __compare(u1->ct, u2->ct));
+	if (nfct_get_attr_u8(u1->ct, ATTR_L3PROTO) !=
+	    nfct_get_attr_u8(u2->ct, ATTR_L3PROTO))
+		return ret;
+
+	switch(nfct_get_attr_u8(u1->ct, ATTR_L3PROTO)) {
+		case AF_INET:
+			ret = __compare4(u1, u2);
+			break;
+		case AF_INET6:
+			ret = __compare6(u1, u2);
+			break;
+		default:
+			dlog(LOG_ERR, "unknown layer 3 in compare");
+			break;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 struct cache_feature *cache_feature[CACHE_MAX_FEATURE] = {
@@ -125,7 +164,6 @@ struct cache_feature *cache_feature[CACHE_MAX_FEATURE] = {
 
 struct cache *cache_create(const char *name, 
 			   unsigned int features, 
-			   uint8_t proto,
 			   struct cache_extra *extra)
 {
 	size_t size = sizeof(struct us_conntrack);
@@ -175,22 +213,11 @@ struct cache *cache_create(const char *name,
 	}
 	memcpy(c->feature_offset, feature_offset, sizeof(unsigned int) * j);
 
-	switch(proto) {
-	case AF_INET:
-		c->h = hashtable_create(CONFIG(hashsize),
-					CONFIG(limit),
-					size,
-					hash,
-					compare);
-		break;
-	case AF_INET6:
-		c->h = hashtable_create(CONFIG(hashsize),
-					CONFIG(limit),
-					size,
-					hash6,
-					compare6);
-		break;
-	}
+	c->h = hashtable_create(CONFIG(hashsize),
+				CONFIG(limit),
+				size,
+				hash,
+				compare);
 
 	if (!c->h) {
 		free(c->features);
diff --git a/src/ignore_pool.c b/src/ignore_pool.c
index 2d898d1..027d628 100644
--- a/src/ignore_pool.c
+++ b/src/ignore_pool.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-/* XXX: These should be configurable */
+/* XXX: These should be configurable, better use a rb-tree */
 #define IGNORE_POOL_SIZE 128
 #define IGNORE_POOL_LIMIT INT_MAX
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int compare6(const void *data1, const void *data2)
 	return memcmp(data1, data2, sizeof(uint32_t)*4) == 0;
 }
 
-struct ignore_pool *ignore_pool_create(uint8_t proto)
+struct ignore_pool *ignore_pool_create(void)
 {
 	struct ignore_pool *ip;
 
@@ -64,24 +64,23 @@ struct ignore_pool *ignore_pool_create(uint8_t proto)
 		return NULL;
 	memset(ip, 0, sizeof(struct ignore_pool));
 
-	switch(proto) {
-	case AF_INET:
-		ip->h = hashtable_create(IGNORE_POOL_SIZE,
-					 IGNORE_POOL_LIMIT,
-					 sizeof(uint32_t),
-					 hash,
-					 compare);
-		break;
-	case AF_INET6:
-		ip->h = hashtable_create(IGNORE_POOL_SIZE,
-					 IGNORE_POOL_LIMIT,
-					 sizeof(uint32_t)*4,
-					 hash6,
-					 compare6);
-		break;
+	ip->h = hashtable_create(IGNORE_POOL_SIZE,
+				 IGNORE_POOL_LIMIT,
+				 sizeof(uint32_t),
+				 hash,
+				 compare);
+	if (!ip->h) {
+		free(ip);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (!ip->h) {
+	ip->h6 = hashtable_create(IGNORE_POOL_SIZE,
+				  IGNORE_POOL_LIMIT,
+				  sizeof(uint32_t)*4,
+				  hash6,
+				  compare6);
+	if (!ip->h6) {
+		free(ip->h);
 		free(ip);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -92,20 +91,31 @@ struct ignore_pool *ignore_pool_create(uint8_t proto)
 void ignore_pool_destroy(struct ignore_pool *ip)
 {
 	hashtable_destroy(ip->h);
+	hashtable_destroy(ip->h6);
 	free(ip);
 }
 
-int ignore_pool_add(struct ignore_pool *ip, void *data)
+int ignore_pool_add(struct ignore_pool *ip, void *data, uint8_t family)
 {
-	if (!hashtable_add(ip->h, data))
-		return 0;
-
+	switch(family) {
+		case AF_INET:
+			if (!hashtable_add(ip->h, data))
+				return 0;
+			break;
+		case AF_INET6:
+			if (!hashtable_add(ip->h6, data))
+				return 0;
+			break;
+	}
 	return 1;
 }
 
 static int
 __ignore_pool_test_ipv4(struct ignore_pool *ip, struct nf_conntrack *ct)
 {
+	if (!ip->h)
+		return 0;
+
 	return (hashtable_test(ip->h, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV4_SRC)) ||
 		hashtable_test(ip->h, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV4_DST)) ||
 		hashtable_test(ip->h, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV4_SRC)) ||
@@ -115,10 +125,13 @@ __ignore_pool_test_ipv4(struct ignore_pool *ip, struct nf_conntrack *ct)
 static int
 __ignore_pool_test_ipv6(struct ignore_pool *ip, struct nf_conntrack *ct)
 {
-	return (hashtable_test(ip->h, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC)) ||
-	        hashtable_test(ip->h, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST)) ||
-	        hashtable_test(ip->h, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_SRC)) ||
-	        hashtable_test(ip->h, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_DST)));
+	if (!ip->h6)
+		return 0;
+
+	return (hashtable_test(ip->h6, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC)) ||
+	        hashtable_test(ip->h6, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST)) ||
+	        hashtable_test(ip->h6, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_SRC)) ||
+	        hashtable_test(ip->h6, nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_REPL_IPV6_DST)));
 }
 
 int ignore_pool_test(struct ignore_pool *ip, struct nf_conntrack *ct)
diff --git a/src/mcast.c b/src/mcast.c
index 8307f26..f945511 100644
--- a/src/mcast.c
+++ b/src/mcast.c
@@ -51,17 +51,20 @@ struct mcast_sock *mcast_server_create(struct mcast_conf *conf)
 	        m->addr.ipv4.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	        m->addr.ipv4.sin_port = htons(conf->port);
 	        m->addr.ipv4.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+
+		m->sockaddr_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in); 
 		break;
 
 	case AF_INET6:
 		memcpy(&mreq.ipv6.ipv6mr_multiaddr, &conf->in.inet_addr6,
 		       sizeof(uint32_t) * 4);
-		memcpy(&mreq.ipv6.ipv6mr_interface, &conf->ifa.interface_addr6,
-		       sizeof(uint32_t) * 4);
+		mreq.ipv6.ipv6mr_interface = conf->ifa.interface_index6;
 
 		m->addr.ipv6.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 		m->addr.ipv6.sin6_port = htons(conf->port);
 		m->addr.ipv6.sin6_addr = in6addr_any;
+
+		m->sockaddr_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -93,8 +96,7 @@ struct mcast_sock *mcast_server_create(struct mcast_conf *conf)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (bind(m->fd, (struct sockaddr *) &m->addr, 
-			 sizeof(struct sockaddr)) == -1) {
+	if (bind(m->fd, (struct sockaddr *) &m->addr, m->sockaddr_len) == -1) {
 		debug("mcast_sock_server_create:bind");
 		close(m->fd);
 		free(m);
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ __mcast_client_create_ipv4(struct mcast_sock *m, struct mcast_conf *conf)
 	m->addr.ipv4.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	m->addr.ipv4.sin_port = htons(conf->port);
 	m->addr.ipv4.sin_addr = conf->in.inet_addr;
+	m->sockaddr_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in); 
 
 	if (setsockopt(m->fd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_MULTICAST_LOOP, &no,
 		       sizeof(int)) < 0) {
@@ -168,6 +171,7 @@ __mcast_client_create_ipv6(struct mcast_sock *m, struct mcast_conf *conf)
 	memcpy(&m->addr.ipv6.sin6_addr,
 	       &conf->in.inet_addr6,
 	       sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+	m->sockaddr_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6); 
 
 	if (setsockopt(m->fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP, &no,
 		       sizeof(int)) < 0) {
@@ -177,8 +181,8 @@ __mcast_client_create_ipv6(struct mcast_sock *m, struct mcast_conf *conf)
 	}
 
 	if (setsockopt(m->fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_IF,
-		       &conf->ifa.interface_addr,
-		       sizeof(struct in_addr)) == -1) {
+		       &conf->ifa.interface_index6,
+		       sizeof(unsigned int)) == -1) {
 		debug("mcast_sock_client_create:setsockopt3");
 		close(m->fd);
 		return -1;
@@ -247,7 +251,7 @@ ssize_t mcast_send(struct mcast_sock *m, void *data, int size)
 		     size,
 		     0,
 		     (struct sockaddr *) &m->addr,
-		     sizeof(struct sockaddr));
+		     m->sockaddr_len);
 	if (ret == -1) {
 		debug("mcast_sock_send");
 		m->stats.error++;
diff --git a/src/read_config_yy.y b/src/read_config_yy.y
index 0ba5331..86fee9b 100644
--- a/src/read_config_yy.y
+++ b/src/read_config_yy.y
@@ -177,37 +177,63 @@ ignore_traffic_options :
 ignore_traffic_option : T_IPV4_ADDR T_IP
 {
 	union inet_address ip;
-	int family = 0;
 
 	memset(&ip, 0, sizeof(union inet_address));
 
-	if (inet_aton($2, &ip.ipv4))
-		family = AF_INET;
-#ifdef HAVE_INET_PTON_IPV6
-	else if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, $2, &ip.ipv6) > 0)
-		family = AF_INET6;
-#endif
+	if (!inet_aton($2, &ip.ipv4)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s is not a valid IPv4, ignoring", $2);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (!STATE(ignore_pool)) {
+		STATE(ignore_pool) = ignore_pool_create();
+		if (!STATE(ignore_pool)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Can't create ignore pool!\n");
+			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!ignore_pool_add(STATE(ignore_pool), &ip, AF_INET)) {
+		if (errno == EEXIST)
+			fprintf(stderr, "IP %s is repeated "
+					"in the ignore pool\n", $2);
+		if (errno == ENOSPC)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Too many IP in the ignore pool!\n");
+	}
+};
 
-	if (!family) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s is not a valid IP, ignoring", $2);
+ignore_traffic_option : T_IPV6_ADDR T_IP
+{
+	union inet_address ip;
+
+	memset(&ip, 0, sizeof(union inet_address));
+
+#ifdef HAVE_INET_PTON_IPV6
+	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, $2, &ip.ipv6) <= 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s is not a valid IPv6, ignoring", $2);
 		break;
 	}
+#else
+	fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find inet_pton(), IPv6 unsupported!");
+	break;
+#endif
 
 	if (!STATE(ignore_pool)) {
-		STATE(ignore_pool) = ignore_pool_create(family);
+		STATE(ignore_pool) = ignore_pool_create();
 		if (!STATE(ignore_pool)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Can't create ignore pool!\n");
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!ignore_pool_add(STATE(ignore_pool), &ip)) {
+	if (!ignore_pool_add(STATE(ignore_pool), &ip, AF_INET6)) {
 		if (errno == EEXIST)
 			fprintf(stderr, "IP %s is repeated "
 					"in the ignore pool\n", $2);
 		if (errno == ENOSPC)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Too many IP in the ignore pool!\n");
 	}
+
 };
 
 multicast_line : T_MULTICAST '{' multicast_options '}';
@@ -235,8 +261,13 @@ multicast_option : T_IPV4_ADDR T_IP
 multicast_option : T_IPV6_ADDR T_IP
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_INET_PTON_IPV6
-	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, $2, &conf.mcast.in) <= 0)
+	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, $2, &conf.mcast.in) <= 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "%s is not a valid IPv6 address\n", $2);
+		break;
+	}
+#else
+	fprintf(stderr, "Cannot find inet_pton(), IPv6 unsupported!");
+	break;
 #endif
 
 	if (conf.mcast.ipproto == AF_INET) {
@@ -247,6 +278,19 @@ multicast_option : T_IPV6_ADDR T_IP
 	}
 
 	conf.mcast.ipproto = AF_INET6;
+
+	if (conf.mcast.iface[0] && !conf.mcast.ifa.interface_index6) {
+		unsigned int idx;
+
+		idx = if_nametoindex($2);
+		if (!idx) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s is an invalid interface.\n", $2);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		conf.mcast.ifa.interface_index6 = idx;
+		conf.mcast.ipproto = AF_INET6;
+	}
 };
 
 multicast_option : T_IPV4_IFACE T_IP
@@ -268,24 +312,25 @@ multicast_option : T_IPV4_IFACE T_IP
 
 multicast_option : T_IPV6_IFACE T_IP
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_INET_PTON_IPV6
-	if (inet_pton(AF_INET6, $2, &conf.mcast.ifa) <= 0)
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s is not a valid IPv6 address\n", $2);
-#endif
-
-	if (conf.mcast.ipproto == AF_INET) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Your multicast interface is IPv6 but "
-				"is binded to an IPv4 interface? Surely "
-				"this is not what you want\n");
-		break;
-	}
-
-	conf.mcast.ipproto = AF_INET6;
-};
+	fprintf(stderr, "IPv6_interface not required for IPv6, ignoring.\n");
+}
 
 multicast_option : T_IFACE T_STRING
 {
 	strncpy(conf.mcast.iface, $2, IFNAMSIZ);
+
+	if (conf.mcast.ipproto == AF_INET6) {
+		unsigned int idx;
+
+		idx = if_nametoindex($2);
+		if (!idx) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s is an invalid interface.\n", $2);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		conf.mcast.ifa.interface_index6 = idx;
+		conf.mcast.ipproto = AF_INET6;
+	}
 };
 
 multicast_option : T_BACKLOG T_NUMBER
@@ -690,7 +735,7 @@ init_config(char *filename)
 
 	/* create empty pool */
 	if (!STATE(ignore_pool)) {
-		STATE(ignore_pool) = ignore_pool_create(CONFIG(family));
+		STATE(ignore_pool) = ignore_pool_create();
 		if (!STATE(ignore_pool)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Can't create ignore pool!\n");
 			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
diff --git a/src/stats-mode.c b/src/stats-mode.c
index 9e6089c..b6ae2bd 100644
--- a/src/stats-mode.c
+++ b/src/stats-mode.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ static int init_stats(void)
 
 	STATE_STATS(cache) = cache_create("stats",
 					  LIFETIME, 
-					  CONFIG(family),
 					  NULL); 
 	if (!STATE_STATS(cache)) {
 		dlog(LOG_ERR, "can't allocate memory for the "
diff --git a/src/sync-mode.c b/src/sync-mode.c
index b9fc25c..a81309f 100644
--- a/src/sync-mode.c
+++ b/src/sync-mode.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static int init_sync(void)
 	STATE_SYNC(internal) =
 		cache_create("internal", 
 			     STATE_SYNC(sync)->internal_cache_flags,
-			     CONFIG(family),
 			     STATE_SYNC(sync)->internal_cache_extra);
 
 	if (!STATE_SYNC(internal)) {
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ static int init_sync(void)
 	STATE_SYNC(external) = 
 		cache_create("external",
 			     STATE_SYNC(sync)->external_cache_flags,
-			     CONFIG(family),
 			     NULL);
 
 	if (!STATE_SYNC(external)) {