glibc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifreq.c

/* Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
   Contributed by Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Lesser General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */

#include "ifreq.h"
#include <kernel-features.h>


void
__ifreq (struct ifreq **ifreqs, int *num_ifs, int sockfd)
{
  int fd = sockfd;
  struct ifconf ifc;
  int rq_len;
  int nifs;
# define RQ_IFS	4

  if (fd < 0)
    fd = __opensock ();
  if (fd < 0)
    {
      *num_ifs = 0;
      *ifreqs = NULL;
      return;
    }

  ifc.ifc_buf = NULL;

  /* We may be able to get the needed buffer size directly, rather than
     guessing.  */
  ifc.ifc_buf = NULL;
  ifc.ifc_len = 0;
  if (__ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc) < 0 || ifc.ifc_len == 0)
    rq_len = RQ_IFS * sizeof (struct ifreq);
  else
    rq_len = ifc.ifc_len;

  /* Read all the interfaces out of the kernel.  */
  ifc.ifc_len = rq_len;
  void *newp = realloc (ifc.ifc_buf, ifc.ifc_len);
  if (newp == NULL
      || (ifc.ifc_buf = newp, __ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc)) < 0)
    {
      free (ifc.ifc_buf);

      if (fd != sockfd)
	__close (fd);

      *num_ifs = 0;
      *ifreqs = NULL;
      return;
    }

  nifs = ifc.ifc_len / sizeof (struct ifreq);

  if (fd != sockfd)
    __close (fd);

  *num_ifs = nifs;
  *ifreqs = realloc (ifc.ifc_buf, nifs * sizeof (struct ifreq));
}