Hello,

I am currently working on an OpenThread app based on the echo_client and echo_server. I am currently trying to use the hop-limit field by setting it as follows:

In the echo_client udp.c file:
static void send_udp_data(struct net_app_ctx *ctx, struct data *data)
{
    struct net_pkt *pkt;
    size_t len;
    int ret;

    data->expecting_udp = ipsum_len;

    pkt = prepare_send_pkt(ctx, data->proto, &data->expecting_udp);
    if (!pkt) {
        return;
    }
    
    net_pkt_set_ipv6_hop_limit(pkt, 8);
    NET_INFO("Hop limit set to: %d", net_pkt_ipv6_hop_limit(pkt));
    len = net_pkt_get_len(pkt);


    NET_ASSERT_INFO(data->expecting_udp == len,
            "Data to send %d bytes, real len %zu",
            data->expecting_udp, len);

    ret = net_app_send_pkt(ctx, pkt, NULL, 0, K_FOREVER,
                   UINT_TO_POINTER(len));
    if (ret < 0) {
        NET_ERR("Cannot send %s data to peer (%d)", data->proto, ret);

        net_pkt_unref(pkt);
    }

    k_delayed_work_submit(&data->recv, WAIT_TIME);
}

In the echo_server udp.c:

struct net_pkt *build_reply_pkt(const char *name,
                struct net_app_ctx *ctx,
                struct net_pkt *pkt)
{
    struct net_pkt *reply_pkt;
    struct net_buf *frag, *tmp;
    int header_len = 0, recv_len, reply_len;
    u8_t *ptr = net_pkt_appdata(pkt);
    // hop_lim = pkt->ipv6_hop_limit;
    hop_lim = net_pkt_ipv6_hop_limit(pkt);

    NET_INFO("Application message received: %s, hop limit: %d\n", ptr, hop_lim);
    NET_INFO("%s received %d bytes", name, net_pkt_appdatalen(pkt));


    if (net_pkt_appdatalen(pkt) == 0) {
        return NULL;
    }

    reply_pkt = net_app_get_net_pkt(ctx, net_pkt_family(pkt), K_FOREVER);

    NET_ASSERT(reply_pkt);
    NET_ASSERT(net_pkt_family(reply_pkt) == net_pkt_family(pkt));

    recv_len = net_pkt_get_len(pkt);

    tmp = pkt->frags;

    /* If we have link layer headers, then get rid of them here. */
    if (recv_len != net_pkt_appdatalen(pkt)) {
        /* First fragment will contain IP header so move the data
         * down in order to get rid of it.
         */
        header_len = net_pkt_appdata(pkt) - tmp->data;

        NET_ASSERT(header_len < CONFIG_NET_BUF_DATA_SIZE);

        /* After this pull, the tmp->data points directly to application
         * data.
         */
        net_buf_pull(tmp, header_len);
    }

    net_pkt_set_appdatalen(reply_pkt, net_pkt_appdatalen(pkt));

    while (tmp) {
        frag = net_app_get_net_buf(ctx, reply_pkt, K_FOREVER);

        if (net_buf_headroom(tmp) == 0) {
            /* If there is no link layer headers in the
             * received fragment, then get rid of that also
             * in the sending fragment. We end up here
             * if MTU is larger than fragment size, this
             * is typical for ethernet.
             */
            net_buf_push(frag, net_buf_headroom(frag));

            frag->len = 0; /* to make fragment empty */

            /* Make sure to set the reserve so that
             * in sending side we add the link layer
             * header if needed.
             */
            net_pkt_set_ll_reserve(reply_pkt, 0);
        }

        NET_ASSERT_INFO(net_buf_tailroom(frag) >= tmp->len,
                "tail %zd longer than len %d",
                net_buf_tailroom(frag), tmp->len);

        memcpy(net_buf_add(frag, tmp->len), tmp->data, tmp->len);

        tmp = net_pkt_frag_del(pkt, NULL, tmp);
    }

    reply_len = net_pkt_get_len(reply_pkt);

    NET_ASSERT_INFO((recv_len - header_len) == reply_len,
            "Received %d bytes, sending %d bytes",
            recv_len - header_len, reply_len);

    return reply_pkt;
}

On the client side, I'm able to observe that the hop limit has been set to 8; however, by the time I read the hop limit field at the server, this value returns zero, instead of having decreased by just 1 as expected.
Am I making a mistake in the way I'm using the   net_pkt_set_ipv6_hop_limit and   net_pkt_ipv6_hop_limit functions? Or is there another way to be able to use the hop limit field in OT?

Thank you in advance for your answer,
Diana