From 4990d65e2b29b8c50cea848a8ac759394b36b1c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: suman chakraborty <suman.chakraborty@wdc.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 12:39:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for IPv6 address to send JSON request using
 rpc.py

	modified:   scripts/rpc/client.py

Change-Id: I8d06ecde7222f482c6067cedf638a9e38567cdc7
Signed-off-by: suman chakraborty <suman.chakraborty@wdc.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.gerrithub.io/400445
Tested-by: SPDK Automated Test System <sys_sgsw@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Verkamp <daniel.verkamp@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Harris <james.r.harris@intel.com>
---
 scripts/rpc/client.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/rpc/client.py b/scripts/rpc/client.py
index f5fef2de2..5756365eb 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc/client.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/client.py
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class JSONRPCClient(object):
         if addr.startswith('/'):
             self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             self.sock.connect(addr)
+        elif ':' in addr:
+            for res in socket.getaddrinfo(addr, port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM, socket.SOL_TCP):
+                af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
+            self.sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
+            self.sock.connect(sa)
         else:
             self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             self.sock.connect((addr, port))