Re: [BUG] Suspected bug in getpeername and getsockname

[Balbir Singh]

>From: "David S. Miller" <[e-mail]>
>
>    Even if we do not pass the value passed by the user
>    to the protocol specific code, I would like to cleanup
>    the code in socket.c to check for invalid values
>    upfront and save time and space in all the calls.
>
>Optimizing error cases never bears any fruit.

In this case, I certainly think it does. Could u give a
case as to why doing this would be harmful? I think the
only issue can be maintainability and doing the change
cleanly. But I think u are a good maintainer and will
accept the changes only if they are properly fixed.
Right :-)

Balbir

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