Bug report : fcntlmodule.so (fonction ioctl) python 1.5.2

[M.-A. Lemburg]

David Berthelot wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i think, i found a bug (and a fix).
> 
> In the "fcntlmodule.so", the "ioctl" function does not work with
> an optional int parameter but currently it works only with an
> optional string parameter.
> 
> So i think that the line number 76 of fcntlmodule.c :
> 76: ret = ioctl(fd, code, arg);
> 
> should be replaced by:
> 76: ret = ioctl(fd, code, &arg);
> 
> I think it does it, doesn't it ?
> Yes, unlike fcntl, ioctl uses a pointer for its 3rd arg.

Not always... it depends on the fd and code.

Note that Python 1.5.2 (well at least the CVS version)
has code for handling strings *and* integers. The struct
module will help you build pointers to integers if needed.
If you need a read/write memory area, you can use the new
buffer objects for this task.

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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