From owner-freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:23:59 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0AC916A429; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:23:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74208441EB; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:15:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DD1076085C; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:15:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 858225CA3E for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 19:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C656655E68; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:53:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7672B16A4D3; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:53:32 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F0916A4CE; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:53:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from VARK.MIT.EDU (VARK.MIT.EDU [18.95.3.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E477743D39; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:53:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from VARK.MIT.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by VARK.MIT.EDU (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3H2rRcs064473; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:53:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from das@localhost) by VARK.MIT.EDU (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j3H2rRNE064471; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:53:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) From: David Schultz To: Xin LI Message-ID: <20050417025327.GA20089@VARK.MIT.EDU> Mail-Followup-To: Xin LI , lx@knight.6test.edu.cn, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200504161637.j3GGbchA015884@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200504161637.j3GGbchA015884@freefall.freebsd.org> X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: Cc: lx@knight.6test.edu.cn, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/80008: Unnecessary requirement of sa_len in getnameinfo() X-BeenThere: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org List-Id: Standards compliance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:24:00 -0000 X-Original-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:53:27 -0400 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:24:00 -0000 On Sat, Apr 16, 2005, Xin LI wrote: > Synopsis: Unnecessary requirement of sa_len in getnameinfo() > > State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed > State-Changed-By: delphij > State-Changed-When: Sat Apr 16 16:33:02 GMT 2005 > State-Changed-Why: > Dear freebsd-standards, > > Would you please review the following patch? I have consulted with POSIX > standard and there is no requirement that there must be a "sa_len" field > in sockaddr. Therefore, I think the check should be either removed, or > be replaced with an assignment. Yeah, sa_len has always been a portability problem. Your proposed change looks fine to me. _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"