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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ftp.c')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/ftp.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -861,13 +861,17 @@ ftp_pasv_verbose(struct connectdata *conn, #ifdef HAVE_INET_NTOA_R char ntoa_buf[64]; #endif - char hostent_buf[9000]; + /* The array size trick below is to make this a large chunk of memory + suitably 8-byte aligned on 64-bit platforms. This was thoughtfully + suggested by Philip Gladstone. */ + long bigbuf[9000 / sizeof(long)]; #if defined(HAVE_INET_ADDR) in_addr_t address; # if defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYADDR_R) int h_errnop; # endif + char *hostent_buf = (char *)bigbuf; /* get a char * to the buffer */ address = inet_addr(newhost); # ifdef HAVE_GETHOSTBYADDR_R |