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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c22
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c
index 9aa9abac3b..150ec8a9b0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifaddrs.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* getifaddrs -- get names and addresses of all network interfaces
- Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2003-2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -49,6 +49,22 @@ int __no_netlink_support attribute_hidden;
#endif
+/* There is a problem with this type. The address length for
+ Infiniband sockets is much longer than the 8 bytes allocated in the
+ sockaddr_ll definition. Hence we use here a special
+ definition. */
+struct sockaddr_ll_max
+ {
+ unsigned short int sll_family;
+ unsigned short int sll_protocol;
+ int sll_ifindex;
+ unsigned short int sll_hatype;
+ unsigned char sll_pkttype;
+ unsigned char sll_halen;
+ unsigned char sll_addr[24];
+ };
+
+
/* struct to hold the data for one ifaddrs entry, so we can allocate
everything at once. */
struct ifaddrs_storage
@@ -59,7 +75,7 @@ struct ifaddrs_storage
/* Save space for the biggest of the four used sockaddr types and
avoid a lot of casts. */
struct sockaddr sa;
- struct sockaddr_ll sl;
+ struct sockaddr_ll_max sl;
struct sockaddr_in s4;
struct sockaddr_in6 s6;
} addr, netmask, broadaddr;
@@ -307,7 +323,7 @@ map_newlink (int index, struct ifaddrs_storage *ifas, int *map, int max)
/* Create a linked list of `struct ifaddrs' structures, one for each
network interface on the host machine. If successful, store the
- list in *IFAP and return 0. On errors, return -1 and set `errno'. */
+ list in *IFAP and 2004, 2005, 2006, return 0. On errors, return -1 and set `errno'. */
int
getifaddrs (struct ifaddrs **ifap)
{