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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c35
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c
index 34876ca624..c4aaf4af19 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check_native.c
@@ -48,11 +48,20 @@ __check_native (uint32_t a1_index, int *a1_native,
nladdr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
socklen_t addr_len = sizeof (nladdr);
- bool use_malloc = false;
if (fd < 0)
return;
+ /* Netlink requires that user buffer needs to be either 8kb or page size
+ (whichever is bigger), however this has been changed over time and now
+ 8Kb is sufficient (check NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE on Linux
+ linux/include/linux/netlink.h). */
+ const size_t buf_size = 8192;
+ char *buf = malloc (buf_size);
+
+ if (buf == NULL)
+ goto out;
+
if (__bind (fd, (struct sockaddr *) &nladdr, sizeof (nladdr)) != 0
|| __getsockname (fd, (struct sockaddr *) &nladdr, &addr_len) != 0)
goto out;
@@ -81,26 +90,6 @@ __check_native (uint32_t a1_index, int *a1_native,
memset (&nladdr, '\0', sizeof (nladdr));
nladdr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
-#ifdef PAGE_SIZE
- /* Help the compiler optimize out the malloc call if PAGE_SIZE
- is constant and smaller or equal to PTHREAD_STACK_MIN/4. */
- const size_t buf_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-#else
- const size_t buf_size = __getpagesize ();
-#endif
- char *buf;
-
- if (__libc_use_alloca (buf_size))
- buf = alloca (buf_size);
- else
- {
- buf = malloc (buf_size);
- if (buf != NULL)
- use_malloc = true;
- else
- goto out;
- }
-
struct iovec iov = { buf, buf_size };
if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY (__sendto (fd, (void *) &req, sizeof (req), 0,
@@ -170,7 +159,5 @@ __check_native (uint32_t a1_index, int *a1_native,
out:
__close_nocancel_nostatus (fd);
-
- if (use_malloc)
- free (buf);
+ free (buf);
}