connection: properly use sendmsg(2) and recvmsg(2) (!445) · Merge requests · wayland / wayland · GitLab

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Demi Marie Obenour requested to merge DemiMarie/wayland:fix-cmsg into main Dec 01, 2024

Properly align cmsg as per man:cmsg(3).
Use ssize_t to hold the return value of sendmsg(2) and recvmsg(2).
Avoid casting the return value of CMSG_DATA as per man:cmsg(3).

Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour demi@invisiblethingslab.com