[Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #22042: Avoid dangerous C cast in socket.setblocking()

[victor.stinner]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9dc66b3a1d0d
changeset:   91803:9dc66b3a1d0d
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
date:        Wed Jul 23 22:56:55 2014 +0200
summary:
  Issue #22042: Avoid dangerous C cast in socket.setblocking()

Avoid cast from (int*) to (u_long*), even if sizeof(int) == sizeof(u_long).

files:
  Modules/socketmodule.c |  7 +++++--
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@
 static int
 internal_setblocking(PySocketSockObject *s, int block)
 {
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+    u_long arg;
+#endif
 #if !defined(MS_WINDOWS) \
     && !((defined(HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H) && defined(FIONBIO)))
     int delay_flag, new_delay_flag;
@@ -574,8 +577,8 @@
         fcntl(s->sock_fd, F_SETFL, new_delay_flag);
 #endif
 #else /* MS_WINDOWS */
-    block = !block;
-    ioctlsocket(s->sock_fd, FIONBIO, (u_long*)&block);
+    arg = !block;
+    ioctlsocket(s->sock_fd, FIONBIO, &arg);
 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython