Re: [PATCH] linux 2.9.10-rc1: Fix oops in unix_dgram_sendmsg when using SELinux and SOCK_SEQPACKET

[James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Chris Wright wrote:

> > (Also now ignores any supplied address per 
> > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/sendto.html)
> 
> Nitpick, but I missed where it said ignore the address.  And it seems
> counter intuitive to provide address, only to have it ignored and
> delivered elsewhere.

For sendto():
  "If the socket is connection-mode, dest_addr shall be ignored."

For sendmsg():
  "If the socket is connection-mode, the destination address in msghdr 
   shall be ignored."

I agree that it's counter intuitive (and surely an application bug), but
some feedback I've had suggests we follow the spec.


- James
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James Morris
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