Re: [PATCH] SO_ORIGINAL_DST and sockaddr_in

[Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <20010222014141.A7501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write:
> > I feel the point of that argument is to indicate the size of the
> > buffer.  We have a chance to catch coding errors; I feel the
> > getsockname/getpeername approach is wrong (truncate results if too
> > short, don't care if too long).  Unless someone can come up with a
> > compelling reason, why change?
> 
> About truncating, i think like you, but for longer than needed it's
> ok to don't care and set namelen, because how is else the user know
> how big it is beforehand? (ie, different PF == different lens)

If you don't know what PF the socket is, how do you interpret the
result?

Rusty.
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