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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/connect.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c index dcccfe4d2..33e4e0777 100644 --- a/lib/connect.c +++ b/lib/connect.c @@ -685,7 +685,14 @@ static void tcpnodelay(struct connectdata *conn, socklen_t onoff = (socklen_t) data->set.tcp_nodelay; int proto = IPPROTO_TCP; -#ifdef HAVE_GETPROTOBYNAME +#if 0 + /* The use of getprotobyname() is disabled since it isn't thread-safe on + numerous systems. On these getprotobyname_r() should be used instead, but + that exists in at least one 4 arg version and one 5 arg version, and + since the proto number rarely changes anyway we now just use the hard + coded number. The "proper" fix would need a configure check for the + correct function much in the same style the gethostbyname_r versions are + detected. */ struct protoent *pe = getprotobyname("tcp"); if(pe) proto = pe->p_proto; |