sock_diag.7: Fix recvmsg() usage in the example
PATCH 1/1 sock_diag.7: Fix recvmsg() usage in the example
The msg_name field for recvmsg() call points to a caller-allocated buffer nladdr that is used to return the source address of the (netlink) socket.
As recvmsg() does not read this buffer and fills it for a caller, do not initialize it and instead check its value in the example.
Signed-off-by Pali Rohár <[email protected]>
--- man7/sock_diag.7 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
man7/sock_diag.7 +6 -3
@@ -753,9 +753,7 @@ static int receive_responses(int fd) { long buf[8192 / sizeof(long)]; - struct sockaddr_nl nladdr = { - .nl_family = AF_NETLINK - }; + struct sockaddr_nl nladdr; struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf)
@@ -782,6 +780,11 @@ receive_responses(int fd) if (ret == 0) return 0; + if (nladdr.nl_family != AF_NETLINK) { + fputs("!AF_NETLINK\en", stderr); + return \-1; + } + const struct nlmsghdr *h = (struct nlmsghdr *) buf; if (!NLMSG_OK(h, ret)) {
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2.20.1
Quoted 7 lines · Pali Rohár
The
msg_namefield forrecvmsg()call points to a caller-allocated buffer nladdr that is used to return the source address of the (netlink) socket.As
recvmsg()does not read this buffer and fills it for a caller, do not initialize it and instead check its value in the example.Signed-off-by Pali Rohár <[email protected]>
Hi Pali,
Patch applied.
Thanks,
Alex
Quoted 32 lines
--- man7/sock_diag.7 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)man7/sock_diag.7 +6
-3@@ -753,9 +753,7 @@ static int receive_responses(int fd) { long buf[8192 / sizeof(long)]; - struct sockaddr_nl nladdr = { - .nl_family = AF_NETLINK - }; + struct sockaddr_nl nladdr; struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = sizeof(buf)@@ -782,6 +780,11 @@ receive_responses(int fd) if (ret == 0) return 0; + if (nladdr.nl_family != AF_NETLINK) { + fputs("!AF_NETLINK\en", stderr); + return \-1; + } + const struct nlmsghdr *h = (struct nlmsghdr *) buf; if (!NLMSG_OK(h, ret)) {