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-rw-r--r--networking/ifplugd.c14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/networking/ifplugd.c b/networking/ifplugd.c
index 3cdc2c9..b578f4c 100644
--- a/networking/ifplugd.c
+++ b/networking/ifplugd.c
@@ -451,20 +451,24 @@ static smallint detect_link(void)
static NOINLINE int check_existence_through_netlink(void)
{
int iface_len;
- char replybuf[1024];
+ /* Buffer was 1K, but on linux-3.9.9 it was reported to be too small.
+ * netlink.h: "limit to 8K to avoid MSG_TRUNC when PAGE_SIZE is very large".
+ * Note: on error returns (-1) we exit, no need to free replybuf.
+ */
+ enum { BUF_SIZE = 8 * 1024 };
+ char *replybuf = xmalloc(BUF_SIZE);
iface_len = strlen(G.iface);
while (1) {
struct nlmsghdr *mhdr;
ssize_t bytes;
- bytes = recv(netlink_fd, &replybuf, sizeof(replybuf), MSG_DONTWAIT);
+ bytes = recv(netlink_fd, replybuf, BUF_SIZE, MSG_DONTWAIT);
if (bytes < 0) {
if (errno == EAGAIN)
- return G.iface_exists;
+ goto ret;
if (errno == EINTR)
continue;
-
bb_perror_msg("netlink: recv");
return -1;
}
@@ -507,6 +511,8 @@ static NOINLINE int check_existence_through_netlink(void)
}
}
+ ret:
+ free(replybuf);
return G.iface_exists;
}