usr/src/head/ifaddrs.h

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  21 /*
  22  * Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  23  */
  24 #ifndef _IFADDRS_H
  25 #define _IFADDRS_H
  26
  27 #ifdef  __cplusplus
  28 extern "C" {
  29 #endif
  30
  31 #include <sys/types.h>
  32
  33 /*
  34  * The `getifaddrs' function generates a linked list of these structures.
  35  * Each element of the list describes one network interface.
  36  */
  37 #if defined(_INT64_TYPE)
  38 struct ifaddrs {
  39         struct ifaddrs  *ifa_next;      /* Pointer to the next structure. */
  40         char            *ifa_name;      /* Name of this network interface. */
  41         uint64_t        ifa_flags;      /* Flags as from SIOCGLIFFLAGS ioctl. */
  42         struct sockaddr *ifa_addr;      /* Network address of this interface. */
  43         struct sockaddr *ifa_netmask;   /* Netmask of this interface. */
  44         union {
  45                 /*
  46                  * At most one of the following two is valid.  If the
  47                  * IFF_BROADCAST bit is set in `ifa_flags', then
  48                  * `ifa_broadaddr' is valid.  If the IFF_POINTOPOINT bit is
  49                  * set, then `ifa_dstaddr' is valid. It is never the case that
  50                  * both these bits are set at once.
  51                  */
  52                 struct sockaddr *ifu_broadaddr;
  53                 struct sockaddr *ifu_dstaddr;
  54         } ifa_ifu;
  55         void            *ifa_data; /* Address-specific data (may be unused). */
  56 /*
  57  * This may have been defined in <net/if.h>.
  58  */
  59 #ifndef ifa_broadaddr
  60 #define ifa_broadaddr   ifa_ifu.ifu_broadaddr   /* broadcast address */
  61 #endif
  62 #ifndef ifa_dstaddr
  63 #define ifa_dstaddr     ifa_ifu.ifu_dstaddr     /* other end of p-to-p link */
  64 #endif
  65 };
  66 #endif
  67
  68 /*
  69  * Create a linked list of `struct ifaddrs' structures, one for each
  70  * network interface on the host machine.  If successful, store the
  71  * list in *ifap and return 0.  On errors, return -1 and set `errno'.
  72  *
  73  * The storage returned in *ifap is allocated dynamically and can
  74  * only be properly freed by passing it to `freeifaddrs'.
  75  */
  76 extern int getifaddrs(struct ifaddrs **);
  77
  78 /* Reclaim the storage allocated by a previous `getifaddrs' call. */
  79 extern void freeifaddrs(struct ifaddrs *);
  80
  81
  82 #ifdef  __cplusplus
  83 }
  84 #endif
  85
  86 #endif  /* _IFADDRS_H */