[PATCH v2] socket: Do not use AF_NETLINK in __opensock
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Wed Nov 17 16:07:04 GMT 2021
It is not possible to use interface ioctls with netlink sockets
in all Linux kernels.
---
v2: Comment updated.
socket/opensock.c | 9 +--------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/socket/opensock.c b/socket/opensock.c
index ff94d27a61..3e35821f91 100644
--- a/socket/opensock.c
+++ b/socket/opensock.c
@@ -24,17 +24,10 @@
int
__opensock (void)
{
- /* SOCK_DGRAM is supported by all address families. (Netlink does
- not support SOCK_STREAM.) */
+ /* SOCK_DGRAM is supported by all address families. */
int type = SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC;
int fd;
-#ifdef AF_NETLINK
- fd = __socket (AF_NETLINK, type, 0);
- if (fd >= 0)
- return fd;
-#endif
-
fd = __socket (AF_UNIX, type, 0);
if (fd >= 0)
return fd;
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