Socket header

Richard B. Johnson (root@analogic.com)
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 15:53:59 -0500 (EST)

In the following include file, cmsg_data[0] is not properly declared.
We need to declare the first element in an array of unknown size. ANSI
allows cmsg_data[1], but not cmsg_data[0]. I have recompiled the kernel
with this change and everything is okay. I also recompiled several
network programs that use sockets and they compile and work.

--- /usr/include/linux/socket.h Wed Dec 18 15:40:33 1996
+++ /usr/include/linux/socket.h.orig Wed Dec 18 15:40:16 1996
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
size_t cmsg_len; /* data byte count, including hdr */
int cmsg_level; /* originating protocol */
int cmsg_type; /* protocol-specific type */
- unsigned char cmsg_data[1];
+ unsigned char cmsg_data[0];
};

/*

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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