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21.Dd May 21, 2013
22.Dt GETIFMADDRS 3
23.Os
24.Sh NAME
25.Nm getifmaddrs
26.Nd get multicast group memberships
27.Sh SYNOPSIS
28.In ifaddrs.h
29.Ft int
30.Fn getifmaddrs "struct ifmaddrs **ifmap"
31.Ft void
32.Fn freeifmaddrs "struct ifmaddrs *ifmp"
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34The
35.Fn getifmaddrs
36function stores a reference to a linked list of the multicast memberships
37on the local machine in the memory referenced by
38.Fa ifmap .
39The list consists of
40.Vt ifmaddrs
41structures, as defined in the include file
42.In ifaddrs.h .
43The
44.Vt ifmaddrs
45structure contains at least the following entries:
46.Bd -literal
47    struct ifmaddrs   *ifma_next;     /* Pointer to next struct */
48    struct sockaddr   *ifma_name;     /* Interface name (AF_LINK) */
49    struct sockaddr   *ifma_addr;     /* Multicast address */
50    struct sockaddr   *ifma_lladdr;   /* Link-layer translation, if any */
51.Ed
52.Pp
53The
54.Va ifma_next
55field contains a pointer to the next structure on the list.
56This field is
57.Dv NULL
58in last structure on the list.
59.Pp
60The
61.Va ifma_name
62field references an
63.Dv AF_LINK
64address structure, containing the name of the
65interface where the membership exists.
66.Pp
67The
68.Va ifma_addr
69references the address that this membership is for.
70.Pp
71The
72.Va ifma_lladdr
73field references a link-layer translation for the protocol-level address in
74.Va ifma_addr ,
75if one is set, otherwise it is
76.Dv NULL .
77.Pp
78The data returned by
79.Fn getifmaddrs
80is dynamically allocated and should be freed using
81.Fn freeifmaddrs
82when no longer needed.
83.Sh RETURN VALUES
84.Rv -std getifmaddrs
85.Sh ERRORS
86The
87.Fn getifmaddrs
88may fail and set
89.Va errno
90for any of the errors specified for the library routines
91.Xr malloc 3
92or
93.Xr sysctl 3 .
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Xr sysctl 3 ,
96.Xr networking 4 ,
97.Xr ifconfig 8
98.Sh HISTORY
99The
100.Fn getifmaddrs
101function first appeared in
102.Fx 5.2 .
103.Sh BUGS
104If both
105.In net/if.h
106and
107.In ifaddrs.h
108are being included,
109.In net/if.h
110.Em must
111be included before
112.In ifaddrs.h .
113