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24 #ifndef _IFADDRS_H
25 #define _IFADDRS_H
27 #ifdef __cplusplus
28 extern "C" {
29 #endif
31 #include <sys/types.h>
34 * The `getifaddrs' function generates a linked list of these structures.
35 * Each element of the list describes one network interface.
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 {
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.
52 struct sockaddr *ifu_broadaddr;
53 struct sockaddr *ifu_dstaddr;
54 } ifa_ifu;
55 void *ifa_data; /* Address-specific data (may be unused). */
57 * This may have been defined in <net/if.h>.
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
66 #endif
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'.
73 * The storage returned in *ifap is allocated dynamically and can
74 * only be properly freed by passing it to `freeifaddrs'.
76 extern int getifaddrs(struct ifaddrs **);
78 /* Reclaim the storage allocated by a previous `getifaddrs' call. */
79 extern void freeifaddrs(struct ifaddrs *);
82 #ifdef __cplusplus
84 #endif
86 #endif /* _IFADDRS_H */