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  1. /* ifaddrs.h -- declarations for getting network interface addresses
  2. Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  3. This file is part of the GNU C Library.
  4. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  5. modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  6. License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  7. version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  8. The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  9. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  10. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  11. Lesser General Public License for more details.
  12. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  13. License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
  14. Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
  15. 02111-1307 USA. */
  16. #ifndef _IFADDRS_H
  17. #define _IFADDRS_H 1
  18. #include <features.h>
  19. #include <sys/socket.h>
  20. __BEGIN_DECLS
  21. /* The `getifaddrs' function generates a linked list of these structures.
  22. Each element of the list describes one network interface. */
  23. struct ifaddrs
  24. {
  25. struct ifaddrs *ifa_next; /* Pointer to the next structure. */
  26. char *ifa_name; /* Name of this network interface. */
  27. unsigned int ifa_flags; /* Flags as from SIOCGIFFLAGS ioctl. */
  28. struct sockaddr *ifa_addr; /* Network address of this interface. */
  29. struct sockaddr *ifa_netmask; /* Netmask of this interface. */
  30. union
  31. {
  32. /* At most one of the following two is valid. If the IFF_BROADCAST
  33. bit is set in `ifa_flags', then `ifa_broadaddr' is valid. If the
  34. IFF_POINTOPOINT bit is set, then `ifa_dstaddr' is valid.
  35. It is never the case that both these bits are set at once. */
  36. struct sockaddr *ifu_broadaddr; /* Broadcast address of this interface. */
  37. struct sockaddr *ifu_dstaddr; /* Point-to-point destination address. */
  38. } ifa_ifu;
  39. /* These very same macros are defined by <net/if.h> for `struct ifaddr'.
  40. So if they are defined already, the existing definitions will be fine. */
  41. # ifndef ifa_broadaddr
  42. # define ifa_broadaddr ifa_ifu.ifu_broadaddr
  43. # endif
  44. # ifndef ifa_dstaddr
  45. # define ifa_dstaddr ifa_ifu.ifu_dstaddr
  46. # endif
  47. void *ifa_data; /* Address-specific data (may be unused). */
  48. };
  49. /* Create a linked list of `struct ifaddrs' structures, one for each
  50. network interface on the host machine. If successful, store the
  51. list in *IFAP and return 0. On errors, return -1 and set `errno'.
  52. The storage returned in *IFAP is allocated dynamically and can
  53. only be properly freed by passing it to `freeifaddrs'. */
  54. extern int getifaddrs (struct ifaddrs **__ifap) __THROW;
  55. libc_hidden_proto(getifaddrs)
  56. /* Reclaim the storage allocated by a previous `getifaddrs' call. */
  57. extern void freeifaddrs (struct ifaddrs *__ifa) __THROW;
  58. libc_hidden_proto(freeifaddrs)
  59. __END_DECLS
  60. #endif /* ifaddrs.h */