netdev - Re: [Bug 42012] New: regression on 2.6.39.3 with socket/bind; still there in 3.0.4

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Date:	Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:52:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bug 42012] New: regression on 2.6.39.3 with socket/bind;
 still there in 3.0.4

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:44:19 +0200

> Status on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
> 
> bind(AF_UNSPEC) is accepted (converted to AF_INET), only with a 0.0.0.0
> address.
> 
> Following code works :
> 
> struct sockaddr_in addr;
> fd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
> memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr))
> bind(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)); -> 0
> 
> If tried on ipv6 sockets, it doesnt work : bind() returns -1, errno=47

Ok if we could add that 0.0.0.0 check too that would make me feel
better about this change.
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