IP-address from sk_buff

Question

I am writing a kernel module which registers a netfilter hook. I am trying to get the ip address of the caller by using the sk_buff->saddr member. Is there a way

Answer 1

printk can handle this directly:

IPv4 addresses:

%pI4    1.2.3.4
%pi4    001.002.003.004
%p[Ii]4[hnbl]

For printing IPv4 dot-separated decimal addresses. The 'I4' and 'i4'
specifiers result in a printed address with ('i4') or without ('I4')
leading zeros.

The additional 'h', 'n', 'b', and 'l' specifiers are used to specify
host, network, big or little endian order addresses respectively. Where
no specifier is provided the default network/big endian order is used.

Passed by reference.

IPv6 addresses:

%pI6    0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:0007:0008
%pi6    00010002000300040005000600070008
%pI6c   1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8

For printing IPv6 network-order 16-bit hex addresses. The 'I6' and 'i6'
specifiers result in a printed address with ('I6') or without ('i6')
colon-separators. Leading zeros are always used.

The additional 'c' specifier can be used with the 'I' specifier to
print a compressed IPv6 address as described by
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952

Passed by reference.

Reference: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/printk-formats.txt