perror_msg_and_skip("socket AF_NETLINK %s", name);
const struct sockaddr_nl addr = { .nl_family = AF_NETLINK };
- const socklen_t len = sizeof(addr);
+ socklen_t len = sizeof(addr);
if (bind(fd, (const struct sockaddr *) &addr, len))
perror_msg_and_skip("bind AF_NETLINK %s", name);
+ /* one more operation on this socket to win the race */
+ int listening;
+ len = sizeof(listening);
+ if (getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ACCEPTCONN, &listening, &len))
+ perror_msg_and_fail("getsockopt");
+
return fd;
}