From: "Pali Rohár" <pali@kernel.org>
To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>,
Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netdevice.7: Update documentation for SIOCGIFADDR SIOCSIFADDR SIOCDIFADDR
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 15:02:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210102140254.16714-1-pali@kernel.org> (raw)
Also add description for struct in6_ifreq which is used for IPv6 addresses.
SIOCSIFADDR and SIOCDIFADDR can be used to add or delete IPv6 address and
pppd is using these ioctls for a long time. Surprisingly SIOCDIFADDR cannot
be used for deleting IPv4 address but only for IPv6 addresses.
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
---
man7/netdevice.7 | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/netdevice.7 b/man7/netdevice.7
index 488e83d9a..5b68e4988 100644
--- a/man7/netdevice.7
+++ b/man7/netdevice.7
@@ -55,9 +55,27 @@ struct ifreq {
.EE
.in
.PP
+Exception is
+.B AF_INET6
+socket for which is used
+.I in6_ifreq
+structure:
+.PP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+struct in6_ifreq {
+ struct in6_addr ifr6_addr;
+ u32 ifr6_prefixlen;
+ int ifr6_ifindex; /* Interface index */
+};
+.EE
+.in
+.PP
Normally, the user specifies which device to affect by setting
.I ifr_name
-to the name of the interface.
+to the name of the interface or
+.I ifr6_ifindex
+to the index of the interface.
All other members of the structure may
share memory.
.SS Ioctls
@@ -142,13 +160,17 @@ IFF_ISATAP:Interface is RFC4214 ISATAP interface.
.PP
Setting the extended (private) interface flags is a privileged operation.
.TP
-.BR SIOCGIFADDR ", " SIOCSIFADDR
-Get or set the address of the device using
-.IR ifr_addr .
-Setting the interface address is a privileged operation.
-For compatibility, only
+.BR SIOCGIFADDR ", " SIOCSIFADDR ", " SIOCDIFADDR
+Get, set or delete the address of the device using
+.IR ifr_addr " or " ifr6_addr " with " ifr6_prefixlen .
+Setting or deleting the interface address is a privileged operation.
+For compatibility,
+.BR SIOCGIFADDR " returns only " AF_INET " addresses, "
+.BR SIOCSIFADDR " accepts " AF_INET " and " AF_INET6 " addresses and "
+.BR SIOCDIFADDR " deletes only " AF_INET6 " addresses. "
.B AF_INET
-addresses are accepted or returned.
+address can be deleted by setting zero address via
+.BR SIOCSIFADDR .
.TP
.BR SIOCGIFDSTADDR ", " SIOCSIFDSTADDR
Get or set the destination address of a point-to-point device using
--
2.20.1
next reply other threads:[~2021-01-02 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-02 14:02 Pali Rohár [this message]
2021-01-02 18:04 ` [PATCH] netdevice.7: Update documentation for SIOCGIFADDR SIOCSIFADDR SIOCDIFADDR Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-02 18:10 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-02 18:36 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-02 18:39 ` [PATCH v2] " Pali Rohár
2021-01-10 16:38 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-10 19:57 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-12 19:26 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-16 0:41 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-16 22:35 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-11 8:13 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2021-01-10 17:47 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2021-01-12 17:51 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-16 22:36 ` [PATCH v3] " Pali Rohár
2021-01-19 20:18 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-27 19:29 ` Pali Rohár
2021-01-28 14:05 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
2021-01-28 14:04 ` Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
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