[Boost-commit] svn:boost r58651 - trunk/boost/asio/detail

Subject: [Boost-commit] svn:boost r58651 - trunk/boost/asio/detail
From: chris_at_[hidden]
Date: 2010-01-02 16:37:11

Author: chris_kohlhoff
Date: 2010-01-02 16:37:10 EST (Sat, 02 Jan 2010)
New Revision: 58651
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/58651

Log:
Add a workaround for some broken Windows firewalls that make a socket
appear bound to 0.0.0.0 when it is in fact bound to 127.0.0.1.

Text files modified: 
   trunk/boost/asio/detail/socket_select_interrupter.hpp |     5 +++++                                   
   1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Modified: trunk/boost/asio/detail/socket_select_interrupter.hpp
==============================================================================
--- trunk/boost/asio/detail/socket_select_interrupter.hpp	(original)
+++ trunk/boost/asio/detail/socket_select_interrupter.hpp	2010-01-02 16:37:10 EST (Sat, 02 Jan 2010)
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
       boost::throw_exception(e);
     }
 
+    // Some broken firewalls on Windows will intermittently cause getsockname to
+    // return 0.0.0.0 when the socket is actually bound to 127.0.0.1. We
+    // explicitly specify the target address here to work around this problem.
+    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1");
+
     if (socket_ops::listen(acceptor.get(),
           SOMAXCONN, ec) == socket_error_retval)
     {