about summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/socket/opensock.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2021-11-22 14:41:14 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2021-11-22 14:47:13 +0100
commit3d981795cd00cc9b73c3ee5087c308361acd62e5 (patch)
tree1fb27323ec201a5f5900c42015a5a75380023815 /socket/opensock.c
parented3ce71f5c64c5f07cbde0ef03554ea8950d8f2c (diff)
downloadglibc-3d981795cd00cc9b73c3ee5087c308361acd62e5.tar.gz
glibc-3d981795cd00cc9b73c3ee5087c308361acd62e5.tar.xz
glibc-3d981795cd00cc9b73c3ee5087c308361acd62e5.zip
socket: Do not use AF_NETLINK in __opensock
It is not possible to use interface ioctls with netlink sockets
on all Linux kernels.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'socket/opensock.c')
-rw-r--r--socket/opensock.c9
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 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;