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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:34:55 -0500
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix if_nametoindex return value when socket open
 fails

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 09:39:44AM +0000, Ron Yorston wrote:
> The return value of if_nametoindex is unsigned; it should return 0
> on error.
> ---
>  src/network/if_nametoindex.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/network/if_nametoindex.c b/src/network/if_nametoindex.c
> index cb6ec05..331413c 100644
> --- a/src/network/if_nametoindex.c
> +++ b/src/network/if_nametoindex.c
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ unsigned if_nametoindex(const char *name)
>  	struct ifreq ifr;
>  	int fd, r;
>  
> -	if ((fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0)) < 0) return -1;
> +	if ((fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0)) < 0) return 0;
>  	strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, sizeof ifr.ifr_name);
>  	r = ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr);
>  	__syscall(SYS_close, fd);

Committed.

Rich

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