Bruce Allan wrote:
#define _SS_MAXSIZE 128 /* Implementation specific max size */
struct sockaddr_storage {
sa_family_t ss_family;
char __data[_SS_MAXSIZE - sizeof(sa_family_t)];
} __attribute __ ((aligned(sizeof(struct sockaddr *))));
This works for me. I really just needed the struct to come out to 128
bytes.
The use of the 'sizeof(struct sockaddr *)' for specifying the required
alignment is just to illustrate the second criteria for this structure
as documented in the RFC, i.e. "It is aligned at an appropriate boundary
so protocol specific socket address data structure pointers can be cast
to it and access their fields without alignment problems...".
Yes. I agree.
I'll resubmit a patch tomorrow with the above definition if there are no
objections.
OK. I compiled this on 4 and 8 byte alignements.
jon
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