platform_bionic/libc/include/ifaddrs.h

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#pragma once

/**
 * @file ifaddrs.h
 * @brief Access to network interface addresses.
 */

#include <sys/cdefs.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

__BEGIN_DECLS

/**
 * Returned by getifaddrs() and freed by freeifaddrs().
 */
struct ifaddrs {
  /** Pointer to the next element in the linked list. */
  struct ifaddrs* ifa_next;

  /** Interface name. */
  char* ifa_name;
  /** Interface flags (like `SIOCGIFFLAGS`). */
  unsigned int ifa_flags;
  /** Interface address. */
  struct sockaddr* ifa_addr;
  /** Interface netmask. */
  struct sockaddr* ifa_netmask;

  union {
    /** Interface broadcast address (if IFF_BROADCAST is set). */
    struct sockaddr* ifu_broadaddr;
    /** Interface destination address (if IFF_POINTOPOINT is set). */
    struct sockaddr* ifu_dstaddr;
  } ifa_ifu;

  /** Unused. */
  void* ifa_data;
};

/** Synonym for `ifa_ifu.ifu_broadaddr` in `struct ifaddrs`. */
#define ifa_broadaddr ifa_ifu.ifu_broadaddr
/** Synonym for `ifa_ifu.ifu_dstaddr` in `struct ifaddrs`. */
#define ifa_dstaddr ifa_ifu.ifu_dstaddr

/**
 * [getifaddrs(3)](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/getifaddrs.3.html) creates a linked list
 * of `struct ifaddrs`. The list must be freed by freeifaddrs().
 *
 * Returns 0 and stores the list in `*__list_ptr` on success,
 * and returns -1 and sets `errno` on failure.
 *
 * Available since API level 24.
 */
int getifaddrs(struct ifaddrs** __list_ptr) __INTRODUCED_IN(24);

/**
 * [freeifaddrs(3)](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/freeifaddrs.3.html) frees a linked list
 * of `struct ifaddrs` returned by getifaddrs().
 *
 * Available since API level 24.
 */
void freeifaddrs(struct ifaddrs* __ptr) __INTRODUCED_IN(24);

__END_DECLS