mcast: Support specifying output interface for IPv6 multicast packets

Specify the interface or scope_id in the IP address as a %suffix. For example:- examples/coap-client coap://[ff02::fd%interface]
mrdeep1 · Jan 10, 2025 · c84d27a · c84d27a
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diff --git a/src/coap_address.c b/src/coap_address.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ coap_resolve_address_info(const coap_str_const_t *address,
   error = getaddrinfo(addrstr, NULL, &hints, &res);
 
   if (error != 0) {
-    coap_log_warn("getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(error));
+    coap_log_warn("getaddrinfo: %s: %s\n", addrstr, gai_strerror(error));
     return NULL;
   }
 

diff --git a/src/coap_io.c b/src/coap_io.c
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ coap_socket_connect_udp(coap_socket_t *sock,
 
       coap_address_init(&bind_addr);
       bind_addr.addr.sa.sa_family = connect_addr.addr.sa.sa_family;
+#if COAP_IPV6_SUPPORT
+      if (connect_addr.addr.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6) {
+        bind_addr.addr.sin6.sin6_scope_id = connect_addr.addr.sin6.sin6_scope_id;
+      }
+#endif /* COAP_IPV6_SUPPORT */
       if (bind(sock->fd, &bind_addr.addr.sa,
 #if COAP_IPV4_SUPPORT
                bind_addr.addr.sa.sa_family == AF_INET ?
@@ -323,6 +328,16 @@ coap_socket_connect_udp(coap_socket_t *sock,
         goto error;
       }
     }
+#if COAP_IPV6_SUPPORT
+    if (connect_addr.addr.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6 && !coap_is_bcast(&connect_addr)) {
+      int value = connect_addr.addr.sin6.sin6_scope_id;
+
+      if (setsockopt(sock->fd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, OPTVAL_T(&value),
+                     sizeof(value)) == COAP_SOCKET_ERROR)
+        coap_log_warn("coap_socket_connect_udp: getsockopt IPV6_MULTICAST_IF: %d: %s\n",
+                      value, coap_socket_strerror());
+      }
+#endif /* COAP_IPV6_SUPPORT */
     if (getsockname(sock->fd, &local_addr->addr.sa, &local_addr->size) == COAP_SOCKET_ERROR) {
       coap_log_warn("coap_socket_connect_udp: getsockname for multicast socket: %s\n",
                     coap_socket_strerror());
@@ -841,6 +856,12 @@ coap_socket_send(coap_socket_t *sock, coap_session_t *session,
 #else
     bytes_written = send(sock->fd, data, datalen, 0);
 #endif
+#if COAP_IPV6_SUPPORT
+  } else if (session->addr_info.remote.addr.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6 && coap_is_mcast(&session->addr_info.remote)) {
+    bytes_written = sendto(sock->fd, (const void *)data, datalen, 0,
+                           &session->addr_info.remote.addr.sa,
+                           session->addr_info.remote.size);
+#endif /* COAP_IPV6_SUPPORT */
   } else {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
     DWORD dwNumberOfBytesSent = 0;