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| author | Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com> | 2017-06-26 16:06:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com> | 2017-06-26 17:14:00 +0000 |
| commit | f67cf39ba88ad7c4bee81445cc7a7468e0289f01 (patch) | |
| tree | abf954a14cf966983d08b93ea8b2e51e551e3a19 /usr/src/man/man3socket/getifaddrs.3socket | |
| parent | 7edb9f69d2426b044fa60c7a168c9eaeb12f1884 (diff) | |
| download | illumos-joyent-f67cf39ba88ad7c4bee81445cc7a7468e0289f01.tar.gz | |
backout: 3729 getifaddrs must learn to stop worrying and love the other address families (breaks consumers)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/man/man3socket/getifaddrs.3socket')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/man/man3socket/getifaddrs.3socket | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3socket/getifaddrs.3socket b/usr/src/man/man3socket/getifaddrs.3socket index 4b9c40b7f5..69324271af 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man3socket/getifaddrs.3socket +++ b/usr/src/man/man3socket/getifaddrs.3socket @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2013, Joyent, Inc. All rights reserved. .\" -.TH GETIFADDRS 3SOCKET "May 18, 2017" +.TH GETIFADDRS 3SOCKET "Apr 18, 2013" .SH NAME getifaddrs, freeifaddrs \- get interface addresses .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -97,9 +97,7 @@ for more information. .sp .LP -The \fIifa_data\fR member is specific to the address family. It is currently -only available for AF_LINK entries where it contains a pointer to the -\fBstruct if_data\fR (as defined in \fBif.h\fR(3HEAD)). +The \fIifa_data\fR member is presently unused. .sp .LP @@ -137,9 +135,11 @@ MT-Level MT-Safe .SH NOTES .LP -This function lists interfaces of type AF_INET, AF_INET6, and AF_LINK. -For AF_INET and AF_INET6 only interfaces with the \fBIFF_UP\fR -flag set are listed; see \fBif_tcp\fR(7P) and \fBifconfig\fR(1M) for more -information. For AF_LINK entries the interface index is only available when the -link is plumbed. +On an illumos system, this function lists only interfaces with the \fBIFF_UP\fR +flag set; see \fBif_tcp\fR(7P) and \fBifconfig\fR(1M) for more information. +.SH BUGS +.LP +At present, this function only lists addresses from the \fBAF_INET\fR and +\fBAF_INET6\fR families. Other families, such as \fBAF_LINK\fR, are not +included. |
