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net: Fix minor code bug in timestamping.txt 

Passing (void*)val instead of &val would make a pointer out of an integer
and cause sock_setsockopt to -EFAULT.

See tools/testing/selftests/networking/timestamping/timestamping.c
for a working example.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <ahmad@a3f.at>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ahmad Fatoum 2017-07-08 21:28:44 +02:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent f4e27944f9
commit 5e34fa23ce
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@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ timeval of SO_TIMESTAMP (ms).
Supports multiple types of timestamp requests. As a result, this Supports multiple types of timestamp requests. As a result, this
socket option takes a bitmap of flags, not a boolean. In socket option takes a bitmap of flags, not a boolean. In
err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TIMESTAMPING, (void *) val, err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TIMESTAMPING, &val, sizeof(val));
sizeof(val));
val is an integer with any of the following bits set. Setting other val is an integer with any of the following bits set. Setting other
bit returns EINVAL and does not change the current state. bit returns EINVAL and does not change the current state.
@ -249,8 +248,7 @@ setsockopt to receive timestamps:
__u32 val = SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE | __u32 val = SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE |
SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_ID /* or any other flag */; SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_ID /* or any other flag */;
err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TIMESTAMPING, (void *) val, err = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TIMESTAMPING, &val, sizeof(val));
sizeof(val));
1.4 Bytestream Timestamps 1.4 Bytestream Timestamps