From cb293d6692bb3b305726b5e579753342cf71d192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 08:18:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (gaih_inet): Set socket address to loopback if no name is given and AI_PASSIVE is not set. --- sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c b/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c index f43aa03..7217e5d 100644 --- a/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c +++ b/sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c @@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ gaih_inet (const char *name, const struct gaih_service *service, memset (at->next, 0, sizeof(struct gaih_addrtuple)); at->next->family = AF_INET; + + if (!(req->ai_flags & AI_PASSIVE)) + { + /* RFC 2553 requires to set set the socket address structure + to the loopback address in this case. */ + memcpy (at->addr, &in6addr_loopback, sizeof (struct in6_addr)); + ((struct in_addr *)at->next->addr)->s_addr = htonl (INADDR_LOOPBACK); + } } if (pai == NULL) -- 2.7.4