Family `rt-addr` netlink specification ¶

Contents

Summary ¶

Address configuration over rtnetlink.

Operations ¶

newaddr ¶

Add new address

attribute-set

addr-attrs

do

request

attributes: [ifa-family, ifa-flags, ifa-prefixlen, ifa-scope, ifa-index, ifa-address, ifa-label, ifa-local, ifa-cacheinfo]

deladdr ¶

Remove address

attribute-set

addr-attrs

do

request

attributes: [ifa-family, ifa-flags, ifa-prefixlen, ifa-scope, ifa-index, ifa-address, ifa-local]

getaddr ¶

Dump address information.

attribute-set

addr-attrs

dump

request

attributes: [ifa-index]

reply

attributes: [ifa-family, ifa-flags, ifa-prefixlen, ifa-scope, ifa-index, ifa-address, ifa-label, ifa-local, ifa-cacheinfo]

Multicast groups ¶

rtnlgrp-ipv4-ifaddr
rtnlgrp-ipv6-ifaddr

Definitions ¶

ifaddrmsg ¶

type

struct

members

ifa-family (u8)
ifa-prefixlen (u8)
ifa-flags (u8)
ifa-scope (u8)
ifa-index (u32)

ifa-cacheinfo ¶

type

struct

members

ifa-prefered (u32)
ifa-valid (u32)
cstamp (u32)
tstamp (u32)

ifa-flags ¶

type

flags

entries

secondary
nodad
optimistic
dadfailed
homeaddress
deprecated
tentative
permanent
managetempaddr
noprefixroute
mcautojoin
stable-privacy

Attribute sets ¶

addr-attrs ¶

ifa-address (`binary`)¶

display-hint: ipv4

ifa-local (`binary`)¶

display-hint: ipv4

ifa-label (`string`)¶

ifa-broadcast (`binary`)¶

display-hint: ipv4

ifa-anycast (`binary`)¶

ifa-cacheinfo (`binary`)¶

struct: ifa-cacheinfo

ifa-multicast (`binary`)¶

ifa-flags (`u32`)¶

enum: ifa-flags
enum-as-flags: True

ifa-rt-priority (`u32`)¶

ifa-target-netnsid (`binary`)¶

ifa-proto (`u8`)¶