From c1e55fde1a4bb72a0627ab37fe5ba1493cbf91eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Arnold D. Robbins" Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 11:31:25 +0200 Subject: Small fix in sockets if only loopback interface is up. --- io.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'io.c') diff --git a/io.c b/io.c index befc20a1..f09c4a02 100644 --- a/io.c +++ b/io.c @@ -1579,10 +1579,23 @@ socketopen(int family, int type, const char *localpname, int any_remote_host = (strcmp(remotehostname, "0") == 0); memset(& lhints, '\0', sizeof (lhints)); - lhints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE | AI_ADDRCONFIG; + lhints.ai_socktype = type; lhints.ai_family = family; + /* + * If only the loopback interface is up and hints.ai_flags has + * AI_ADDRCONFIG, getaddrinfo() will succeed and return all wildcard + * addresses, but only if hints.ai_family == AF_UNSPEC + * + * Do return the wildcard address in case the loopback interface + * is the only one that is up (and + * hints.ai_family == either AF_INET4 or AF_INET6) + */ + lhints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE; + if (lhints.ai_family == AF_UNSPEC) + lhints.ai_flags |= AI_ADDRCONFIG; + lerror = getaddrinfo(NULL, localpname, & lhints, & lres); if (lerror) { if (strcmp(localpname, "0") != 0) { -- cgit v1.2.3