Allow sockaddr_ll size mismatch #1395
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I saw this happen on Ethernet. I don't recall on which system I tested the original, might have been some virtual fabric.
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Apparently the Linux kernel can return smaller sizes when the value in the last element of sockaddr_ll (`sll_addr`) is smaller than the declared size of that field.
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Apparently the Linux kernel can return smaller sizes when the value in
the last element of sockaddr_ll (
sll_addr) is smaller than thedeclared size of that field.