net/linux_kernel: add unnamed Unix-domain addresses #1240
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I think it would be useful to have unnamed Unix-domain addressed in
rustix. This PR adds the methods `SocketAddrUnix::new_unnamed()` and
`SocketAddrUnix::is_unnamed()`.
In C it is possible to have an [unnamed Unix-domain] socket name, when
you set `len` = 2 = `sizeof(c::socklen_t)`. Then the kernel will choose
an abstract Unix-domain name for you when you bind the socket. The same
feature present also in Python, when you call [`sock.bind("")`].
Invoking [`SocketAddrUnix::new_abstract_name(b"")`] gives you an empty
abstract socket address, i.e. `SocketAddrUnix::len == 3`. The kernel
will keep this empty abstract name on calling `bind()`.
[unnamed Unix-domain]: https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/manpages/unix.7.en.html#unnamed
[`sock.bind("")`]: https://docs.python.org/3.13/library/socket.html#socket.socket.bind
[`SocketAddrUnix::new_abstract_name(b"")`]: https://docs.rs/rustix/0.38.42/rustix/net/struct.SocketAddrUnix.html#method.new_abstract_name
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Accidentally based on a non-HEAD branch. Replaced by #1242. |
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I think it would be useful to have unnamed Unix-domain addressed in rustix. This PR adds the methods
SocketAddrUnix::new_unnamed()andSocketAddrUnix::is_unnamed().In C it is possible to have an unnamed Unix-domain socket name, when you set
len= 2 =sizeof(c::socklen_t). Then the kernel will choose an abstract Unix-domain name for you when you bind the socket. The same feature present also in Python, when you callsock.bind("").Invoking
SocketAddrUnix::new_abstract_name(b"")gives you an empty abstract socket address, i.e.SocketAddrUnix::len == 3. The kernel will keep this empty abstract name on callingbind().