ping: SO_RCVBUF must be bigger than packet size,

otherwise large ping packets might fail to be received.
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Denis Vlasenko 2008-08-24 00:02:18 +00:00
parent 15f2fdb2b9
commit 5770715588

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@ -576,8 +576,9 @@ static void ping4(len_and_sockaddr *lsa)
/* enable broadcast pings */
setsockopt_broadcast(pingsock);
/* set recv buf for broadcast pings */
sockopt = 48 * 1024; /* explain why 48k? */
/* set recv buf (needed if we can get lots of responses: flood ping,
* broadcast ping etc) */
sockopt = (datalen * 2) + 7 * 1024; /* giving it a bit of extra room */
setsockopt(pingsock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &sockopt, sizeof(sockopt));
signal(SIGINT, print_stats_and_exit);
@ -640,8 +641,9 @@ static void ping6(len_and_sockaddr *lsa)
/* enable broadcast pings */
setsockopt_broadcast(pingsock);
/* set recv buf for broadcast pings */
sockopt = 48 * 1024; /* explain why 48k? */
/* set recv buf (needed if we can get lots of responses: flood ping,
* broadcast ping etc) */
sockopt = (datalen * 2) + 7 * 1024; /* giving it a bit of extra room */
setsockopt(pingsock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &sockopt, sizeof(sockopt));
sockopt = offsetof(struct icmp6_hdr, icmp6_cksum);