Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 May 2015 11:41:40 -0700 | From | Rick Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: Return error instead of partial read for saved syn headers |
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On 05/18/2015 11:35 AM, Eric B Munson wrote: > Currently the getsockopt() requesting the cached contents of the syn > packet headers will fail silently if the caller uses a buffer that is > too small to contain the requested data. Rather than fail silently and > discard the headers, getsockopt() should return an error and report the > required size to hold the data.
Is there any chapter and verse on whether a "failed" getsockopt() may alter the items passed to it?
rick jones
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