Re: recvfrom and sockaddr_in.sin_port

[Andi Kleen]

Adam <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
> 	and as show in above example and other repeated test, the port
> 	part is always set to 0. Shouldn't that be set to port number?

SOCK_RAW has no ports, so no.

> 
> 	on similar token the "padding" part after the IP is always set
> 	to the same pattern. Shouldn't it rather be zeroed, or be
> 	some random data?

It should stay at the old value or alternatively be zeroed. That's a 
kernel bug.

Here is a patch that implements the first alternative. David, please consider
applying.

diff -burp linux/include/linux/in.h linux-work/include/linux/in.h
--- linux/include/linux/in.h	Thu Jul  5 13:18:27 2001
+++ linux-work/include/linux/in.h	Sun Jul  8 19:05:30 2001
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ struct in_pktinfo
 };
 
 /* Structure describing an Internet (IP) socket address. */
+/* Note here and in others places is the assumption made that there
+   are no holes in in this structure. This is ok for all architectures
+   which layout structures members at worst to their natural
+   alignment. -AK */
 #define __SOCK_SIZE__	16		/* sizeof(struct sockaddr)	*/
 struct sockaddr_in {
   sa_family_t		sin_family;	/* Address family		*/
@@ -119,7 +123,7 @@ struct sockaddr_in {
   unsigned char		__pad[__SOCK_SIZE__ - sizeof(short int) -
 			sizeof(unsigned short int) - sizeof(struct in_addr)];
 };
-#define sin_zero	__pad		/* for BSD UNIX comp. -FvK	*/
+#define sin_zero	__pad
 
 
 /*
diff -burp linux/net/ipv4/af_inet.c linux-work/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
--- linux/net/ipv4/af_inet.c	Wed Jul  4 17:21:32 2001
+++ linux-work/net/ipv4/af_inet.c	Sun Jul  8 19:05:31 2001
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ static int inet_getname(struct socket *s
 		sin->sin_port = sk->sport;
 		sin->sin_addr.s_addr = addr;
 	}
-	*uaddr_len = sizeof(*sin);
+	*uaddr_len = sizeof(offsetof(struct sockaddr_in, sin_zero));
 	return(0);
 }
 
diff -burp linux/net/ipv4/raw.c linux-work/net/ipv4/raw.c
--- linux/net/ipv4/raw.c	Wed Jul  4 17:21:32 2001
+++ linux-work/net/ipv4/raw.c	Sun Jul  8 19:06:10 2001
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int raw_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct 
 		goto out;
 
 	if (addr_len)
-		*addr_len = sizeof(*sin);
+		*addr_len = offsetof(struct sockaddr_in, sin_zero);
 
 	if (flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE) {
 		err = ip_recv_error(sk, msg, len);
diff -burp linux/net/ipv4/udp.c linux-work/net/ipv4/udp.c
--- linux/net/ipv4/udp.c	Thu Apr 12 21:11:39 2001
+++ linux-work/net/ipv4/udp.c	Sun Jul  8 19:05:31 2001
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ int udp_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct 
 	 *	Check any passed addresses
 	 */
 	if (addr_len)
-		*addr_len=sizeof(*sin);
+		*addr_len=offsetof(struct sockaddr_in, sin_zero);
 
 	if (flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE)
 		return ip_recv_error(sk, msg, len);

-Andi