WSAGetLastError() returns 122

Question

Well.. I am not really sure what that means, but my systems runs and runs and runs without crying for insufficient memeory...

I guess it has to do with the system error 122, because there is no 122 in the winsock error codes (MSDN)...

Anyone got a clue?...

It occures on a call to getaddrinfo(NULL, /*PortNumber*/, &hints, &pFinal)

EDIT alright... heres more code (having it not commented out, doesn´t make sense, too)

            addrinfo hints, *pFinal = nullptr;
            memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
            hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
            hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
            hints.ai_family = AF_INET;

            if(getaddrinfo(NULL, g_ACCEPTOR_PORT_NUMBER, &hints, &pFinal))
                return ERROR_BIND_SOCKET;

The Problem lies in my g_ACCEPTOR_PORT_NUMBER, which is a class containing

operator const char*()
    {
        std::stringstream ss;
        ss << m_nPortNumber;
        return ss.str().c_str();
    }

do I have to change the conversion operator?... I´d prefer to use this "STRINGINT" so i dont need to save the port number as string and number or convert it explicitly...

Answer 1

The problem is your implementation of operator const char*(). Once that function returns, your stringstream object is no longer valid because it is no longer in scope.

Answer 2

Probably a bad parameter on the getaddrinfo call. Can you post more code?

Type in net helpmsg 122 at a command prompt and you get:

The data area passed to a system call is too small.

Answer 3

getaddrinfo actually returns an error code, which you should test against the values specified in the getaddrinfo documentation

Answer 4

More than likely, the size of the pFinal variable is too small. You'll need to post more code to get a more thorough answer.