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23.Dd May 21, 2013
24.Dt GETIFMADDRS 3
25.Os
26.Sh NAME
27.Nm getifmaddrs
28.Nd get multicast group memberships
29.Sh SYNOPSIS
30.In ifaddrs.h
31.Ft int
32.Fn getifmaddrs "struct ifmaddrs **ifmap"
33.Ft void
34.Fn freeifmaddrs "struct ifmaddrs *ifmp"
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Fn getifmaddrs
38function stores a reference to a linked list of the multicast memberships
39on the local machine in the memory referenced by
40.Fa ifmap .
41The list consists of
42.Vt ifmaddrs
43structures, as defined in the include file
44.In ifaddrs.h .
45The
46.Vt ifmaddrs
47structure contains at least the following entries:
48.Bd -literal
49    struct ifmaddrs   *ifma_next;     /* Pointer to next struct */
50    struct sockaddr   *ifma_name;     /* Interface name (AF_LINK) */
51    struct sockaddr   *ifma_addr;     /* Multicast address */
52    struct sockaddr   *ifma_lladdr;   /* Link-layer translation, if any */
53.Ed
54.Pp
55The
56.Va ifma_next
57field contains a pointer to the next structure on the list.
58This field is
59.Dv NULL
60in last structure on the list.
61.Pp
62The
63.Va ifma_name
64field references an
65.Dv AF_LINK
66address structure, containing the name of the
67interface where the membership exists.
68.Pp
69The
70.Va ifma_addr
71references the address that this membership is for.
72.Pp
73The
74.Va ifma_lladdr
75field references a link-layer translation for the protocol-level address in
76.Va ifma_addr ,
77if one is set, otherwise it is
78.Dv NULL .
79.Pp
80The data returned by
81.Fn getifmaddrs
82is dynamically allocated and should be freed using
83.Fn freeifmaddrs
84when no longer needed.
85.Sh RETURN VALUES
86.Rv -std getifmaddrs
87.Sh ERRORS
88The
89.Fn getifmaddrs
90may fail and set
91.Va errno
92for any of the errors specified for the library routines
93.Xr malloc 3
94or
95.Xr sysctl 3 .
96.Sh SEE ALSO
97.Xr sysctl 3 ,
98.Xr networking 4 ,
99.Xr ifconfig 8
100.Sh HISTORY
101The
102.Fn getifmaddrs
103function first appeared in
104.Fx 5.2 .
105.Sh BUGS
106If both
107.In net/if.h
108and
109.In ifaddrs.h
110are being included,
111.In net/if.h
112.Em must
113be included before
114.In ifaddrs.h .
115