recvfrom():: Bad address

[kiros88]

Im not sure if you need more code but

 
struct Ethfrm_t
{
	struct FCfrm_t* ptr;
	unsigned char DestEthAdr[6];
	unsigned char SrcEthAdr[6];
	UINT32  VLAN_HdrSave;
	//unsigned char  reserved[4];
	void* buffer;
}  __attribute__ ((packed));

Ethfrm_t* Ethfrm;
Ethfrm = malloc(sizeof(Ethfrm));

Ethfrm->buffer = (void*)malloc(BUF_SIZE); 	/*Buffer for Ethernet Frame*/

length = recvfrom(s, Ethfrm->buffer, BUF_SIZE, 0, NULL, NULL);

		if (length == -1) {

			perror("recvfrom():");

			exit(1);

		}

This works but when i uncomment the unsigned char reserved i get the BAD ADDRESS error after like 2 seconds of the server running Im not really sure what that means or how to fix it?

[brewbuck]

 
Ethfrm = malloc(sizeof(Ethfrm));

Should be

Ethfrm = malloc(sizeof(*Ethfrm));

You're only allocating a pointer's worth of space.