1/* Test case for gethostbyname_r bug when buffer expansion required. */
2
3#include <netdb.h>
4#include <arpa/inet.h>
5#include <errno.h>
6#include <string.h>
7#include <stdio.h>
8#include <stdlib.h>
9#include <unistd.h>
10
11int
12main (void)
13{
14 const char *host = "www.gnu.org";
15
16 /* This code approximates the example code in the library manual. */
17
18 struct hostent hostbuf, *hp;
19 size_t hstbuflen;
20 char *tmphstbuf;
21 int res;
22 int herr;
23
24 hstbuflen = 16; /* Make it way small to ensure ERANGE. */
25 /* Allocate buffer, remember to free it to avoid memory leakage. */
26 tmphstbuf = malloc (size: hstbuflen);
27
28 while ((res = gethostbyname_r (name: host, result_buf: &hostbuf, buf: tmphstbuf, buflen: hstbuflen,
29 result: &hp, h_errnop: &herr)) == ERANGE)
30 {
31 /* Enlarge the buffer. */
32 hstbuflen *= 2;
33 tmphstbuf = realloc (ptr: tmphstbuf, size: hstbuflen);
34 }
35
36 if (res != 0 || hp == NULL)
37 {
38 printf (format: "gethostbyname_r failed: %s (errno: %m)\n", strerror (errnum: res));
39
40 if (access (name: "/etc/resolv.conf", R_OK))
41 {
42 puts (s: "DNS probably not set up");
43 return 0;
44 }
45
46 return 1;
47 }
48
49 printf (format: "Got: %s %s\n", hp->h_name,
50 inet_ntoa (in: *(struct in_addr *) hp->h_addr));
51 return 0;
52}
53

source code of glibc/nss/bug-erange.c