Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Nov 2004 02:12:58 -0500 (EST) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] linux 2.9.10-rc1: Fix oops in unix_dgram_sendmsg when using SELinux and SOCK_SEQPACKET |
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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 -- James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
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