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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:48:17 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] __lookup_serv: return correct error code

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 03:53:21PM -0500, A. Wilcox wrote:
> From: "A. Wilcox" <AWilcox@...cox-Tech.com>
> 
> If AI_NUMERICSERV is specified and a numeric service was not provided,
> POSIX mandates getaddrinfo return EAI_NONAME.  EAI_SERVICE is only for
> services that cannot be used on the specified socket type.
> ---
>  src/network/lookup_serv.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/network/lookup_serv.c b/src/network/lookup_serv.c
> index 66ebaea..403b12a 100644
> --- a/src/network/lookup_serv.c
> +++ b/src/network/lookup_serv.c
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int __lookup_serv(struct service buf[static MAXSERVS], const char *name, int pro
>  		return cnt;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (flags & AI_NUMERICSERV) return EAI_SERVICE;
> +	if (flags & AI_NUMERICSERV) return EAI_NONAME;
>  
>  	size_t l = strlen(name);
>  
> -- 
> 2.10.0

I think you've uncovered a larger bug than the patch fixes; it looks
like most of the EAI_SERVICE return points in __lookup_serv are wrong.
Most should probably be EAI_NONAME; a couple should possibly be
EAI_SOCKTYPE. Thoughts?

Rich

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