PROBLEM: SO_DETACH_FILTER has no parameters, but is checked to have some

Summary:
SO_DETACH_FILTER does not accept any parameter, but code in sock.c check for it.

Problem description:
Trying to remove attached filter i got EINVAL (and the filter was left attached).
The code setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_DETACH_FILTER, 0, 0) is correct, but does work.
Looking in sock.c i have found that SO_DETACH_FILTER is set after checking parameters of an option. It is not correct in this particular case (it should be handled like SO_DONTLINGER).
Search for: SO_DETACH_FILTER in sock.c
The problem persists up to 2.4.0-test10.

Workaround:
int dummy;
setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_DETACH_FILTER, &dummy, sizeof(int));

Keywords: networking filter setsockopt SO_DETACH_FILTER

scripts/ver_linux:
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks -- unusual then possibly you have very old versions) Linux ws018 2.2.17 #6 Thu Nov 16 12:30:28 CET 2000 i686 unknown

Kernel modules         2.3.11
Gnu C                  2.95.2
Binutils               2.9.5.0.37
Linux C Library        2.1.3
Dynamic linker         ldd: version 1.9.11
Procps                 2.0.6
Mount                  2.10f
Net-tools              2.05
Console-tools          0.2.3
Sh-utils               2.0
Modules Loaded         3c59x nls_koi8-r ntfs smbfs vfat fat nls_iso8859-2 nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp866 binfmt_misc autofs nfs lockd sunrpc nbd

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Riesen

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