[Bug 104601] Description of getname-related syscalls wrong

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104601

--- Comment #2 from Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> ---
See also this code in net/socket.c

static int move_addr_to_user(struct sockaddr_storage *kaddr, int klen,
                             void __user *uaddr, int __user *ulen)
{
        int err;
        int len;

        BUG_ON(klen > sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage));
        err = get_user(len, ulen);
        if (err)
                return err;
        if (len > klen)
                len = klen;
        if (len < 0)
                return -EINVAL;
        if (len) {
                if (audit_sockaddr(klen, kaddr))
                        return -ENOMEM;
                if (copy_to_user(uaddr, kaddr, len))
                        return -EFAULT;
        }
        /*
         *      "fromlen shall refer to the value before truncation.."
         *                      1003.1g
         */
        return __put_user(klen, ulen);
}

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