FreeBSD port (55): getifaddrs, iteration through list of interfaces
Roland McGrath
roland@redhat.com
Fri Sep 20 13:33:00 GMT 2002
> The SIOCGIFCONF ioctl on FreeBSD differs from the one on Linux in two ways:
> - The list it returns consists of entries of varying length.
> - Not all entries refer to enabled interfaces.
Again, this change needs comments in the code itself explaining its
nonobvious actions. Anyway, isn't it better to check the flags for IFF_UP
or something rather than just ignore a failing ioctl as the sign?
You also changed the behavior in a way not mentioned in your remarks or
your log entry. That is, ignoring a failing SIOCGIFFLAGS rather than bailing.
I have put in the __if_nextreq changes, but not the others.
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