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authorDenis Vlasenko2008-12-10 11:24:33 +0000
committerDenis Vlasenko2008-12-10 11:24:33 +0000
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add a note that SO_BINDTODEVICE needs padded iface name on 2.6.26
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbb/xconnect.c b/libbb/xconnect.c
index d078e98..2eb4cb9 100644
--- a/libbb/xconnect.c
+++ b/libbb/xconnect.c
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ int FAST_FUNC setsockopt_bindtodevice(int fd, const char *iface)
int r;
struct ifreq ifr;
strncpy_IFNAMSIZ(ifr.ifr_name, iface);
- /* Actually, ifr_name is at offset 0, and in practice
+ /* NB: passing (iface, strlen(iface) + 1) does not work!
+ * (maybe it works on _some_ kernels, but not on 2.6.26)
+ * Actually, ifr_name is at offset 0, and in practice
* just giving char[IFNAMSIZ] instead of struct ifreq works too.
* But just in case it's not true on some obscure arch... */
r = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_BINDTODEVICE, &ifr, sizeof(ifr));