add IPv6 address test

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5c1ef288..31119c31 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@ Security
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@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ psutil has roughly the following monthly downloads:
     :target: https://pepy.tech/project/psutil
     :alt: Downloads
 
-...and has over 45,000 projects on GitHub depending from it.
+...and has over 55,000 projects on GitHub depending from it.
 Here's some I find particularly interesting:
 
 - https://github.com/google/grr
diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_linux.py b/psutil/tests/test_linux.py
index 09461ec5..65e55449 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_linux.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_linux.py
@@ -75,6 +75,23 @@ def get_ipv4_address(ifname):
                         struct.pack('256s', ifname))[20:24])
 
 
+def get_ipv6_address(ifname):
+    with open("/proc/net/if_inet6", 'rt') as f:
+        for line in f.readlines():
+            fields = line.split()
+            if fields[-1] == ifname:
+                break
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("could not find interface %r" % ifname)
+    unformatted = fields[0]
+    groups = []
+    for i in range(0, len(unformatted), 4):
+        groups.append(unformatted[i:i + 4])
+    formatted = ":".join(groups)
+    packed = socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, formatted)
+    return socket.inet_ntop(socket.AF_INET6, packed)
+
+
 def get_mac_address(ifname):
     import fcntl
     ifname = ifname[:15]
@@ -890,7 +907,15 @@ class TestSystemNetIfAddrs(PsutilTestCase):
                     self.assertEqual(addr.address, get_mac_address(name))
                 elif addr.family == socket.AF_INET:
                     self.assertEqual(addr.address, get_ipv4_address(name))
-                # TODO: test for AF_INET6 family
+                elif addr.family == socket.AF_INET6:
+                    # IPv6 addresses can have a percent symbol at the end.
+                    # E.g. these 2 are equivalent:
+                    # "fe80::1ff:fe23:4567:890a"
+                    # "fe80::1ff:fe23:4567:890a%eth0"
+                    # That is the "zone id" portion, which usually is the name
+                    # of the network interface.
+                    address = addr.address.split('%')[0]
+                    self.assertEqual(address, get_ipv6_address(name))
 
     # XXX - not reliable when having virtual NICs installed by Docker.
     # @unittest.skipIf(not which('ip'), "'ip' utility not available")