New upstream version 8.1.0

client_module/source/common/net/sock/NicAddress.c

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+#include <common/net/sock/NicAddress.h>
+#include <common/toolkit/Serialization.h>
+
+/**
+ * @return true if lhs (left-hand side) is preferred compared to rhs
+ */
+bool NicAddress_preferenceComp(const NicAddress* lhs, const NicAddress* rhs)
+{
+   // compares the preference of NICs
+   // returns true if lhs is preferred compared to rhs
+
+   unsigned lhsHostOrderIP;
+   unsigned rhsHostOrderIP;
+
+   // prefer RDMA NICs
+   if( (lhs->nicType == NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) && (rhs->nicType != NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) )
+      return true;
+   if( (rhs->nicType == NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) && (lhs->nicType != NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) )
+      return false;
+
+   // no bandwidth in client NicAddress
+//   // prefer higher bandwidth
+//   if(lhs->bandwidth > rhs->bandwidth)
+//      return true;
+//   if(lhs->bandwidth < rhs->bandwidth)
+//      return false;
+
+   // prefer higher ipAddr
+   lhsHostOrderIP = ntohl(lhs->ipAddr.s_addr);
+   rhsHostOrderIP = ntohl(rhs->ipAddr.s_addr);
+
+   // this is the original IP-order version
+   return lhsHostOrderIP > rhsHostOrderIP;
+}