Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> Therefore, the caller of getsockname(), getpeername(), accept() must not assume > >> that sunaddr->sun_path contains a null-terminated pathname even if the returned > >> addrlen is greater than sizeof(sa_family_t) and sun_path[0] != '\0'. > > > > Thanks. I see what you mean. However, I'm wondering, is the kernel > > behavior simply a bug that should be fixed, so that a null terminator > > is always placed in sun_path? I thought it is a bug, but according to thread starting from http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0503.3/0954.html , sun_path seems to be designed to accept pathname without null terminator. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
