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inet_cidr_ntop: Produce valid IPv4 mapped addresses
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Authored by ivy on Oct 30 2025, 9:12 PM.
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Summary

For some inputs with the AF_INET6 family, inet_cidr_ntop() may produce
invalid output like "::ffff:0.0", because it considers the prefix length
when determining how many octets of the IPv4 address to emit.

This behaviour doesn't make sense, because a mapped address always
contains a complete IPv4 address, which must be 4 octets; anything
else is an invalid address.

Fix this by removing the relevant code and simply emitting 4 octets
in all cases.

While here, add some tests for both inet_cidr_ntop and inet_cidr_pton
based on the inet_net_* tests.

MFC after: 1 week

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