"Brian F. Feldman" <gr...@freebsd.org> writes: > On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Actually, with interfaces like this you should generally pass a pointer > > to the structure in userspace, and stick a version number constant in > > the beginning of the structure. The size is often not enough of a > > determining factor... > > Actually, the structure shouldn't change size because it should be > using a sockaddr.
No, because sizeof(struct sockaddr) < sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6). This is kind of bad but that's the way it is. It would make sense to use a `struct sockaddr_storage' but I still think it's worthwhile and better to have a version number. /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
