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-rw-r--r--lib/if.h8
-rw-r--r--lib/zclient.c2
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/if.h b/lib/if.h
index 841ce51e..2116e12e 100644
--- a/lib/if.h
+++ b/lib/if.h
@@ -103,7 +103,13 @@ struct interface
/* Hardware address. */
#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_DL
- struct sockaddr_dl sdl;
+ union {
+ /* note that sdl_storage is never accessed, it only exists to make space.
+ * all actual uses refer to sdl - but use sizeof(sdl_storage)! this fits
+ * best with C aliasing rules. */
+ struct sockaddr_dl sdl;
+ struct sockaddr_storage sdl_storage;
+ };
#else
unsigned short hw_type;
u_char hw_addr[INTERFACE_HWADDR_MAX];
diff --git a/lib/zclient.c b/lib/zclient.c
index 61c6f730..d3165962 100644
--- a/lib/zclient.c
+++ b/lib/zclient.c
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ zebra_interface_if_set_value (struct stream *s, struct interface *ifp)
ifp->mtu6 = stream_getl (s);
ifp->bandwidth = stream_getl (s);
#ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_DL
- stream_get (&ifp->sdl, s, sizeof (ifp->sdl));
+ stream_get (&ifp->sdl, s, sizeof (ifp->sdl_storage));
#else
ifp->hw_addr_len = stream_getl (s);
if (ifp->hw_addr_len)