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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/net.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/net.h b/include/linux/net.h index b292a0435571..4bcee94cef93 100644 --- a/include/linux/net.h +++ b/include/linux/net.h @@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ struct proto_ops { #endif int (*sendmsg) (struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len); + /* Notes for implementing recvmsg: + * =============================== + * msg->msg_namelen should get updated by the recvmsg handlers + * iff msg_name != NULL. It is by default 0 to prevent + * returning uninitialized memory to user space. The recvfrom + * handlers can assume that msg.msg_name is either NULL or has + * a minimum size of sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage). + */ int (*recvmsg) (struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m, size_t total_len, int flags); |