Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:03:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:02:58 -0400 Received: from wiprom2mx1.wipro.com ([203.197.164.41]:50575 "EHLO wiprom2mx1.wipro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:02:50 -0400 Message-ID: <3BC1B23C.1070400@wipro.com> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 19:33:40 +0530 From: "BALBIR SINGH" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20010913 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Sebastian Heidl , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: implementation of SIOCGIFFCOUNT In-Reply-To: <20011008155237.C811@csr-pc1.zib.de> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pass '0' as the size argument and u will get the total size (sizeof struct * number of interfaces) back. The only thing is u have to make two calls, which u would do anyway. Balbir Sebastian Heidl wrote: >Hi, > >is there a specific reason for SIOCGIFCOUNT not being implemented >in the kernel ? All occurences lead to net/core/dev.c dev_ioctl(...) >which just returns -EINVAL for this command. So one has to guess >the number of struct ifreq structures to pass to a SIOCGIFCONF >call. > >enlighten me, please ;-) >_sh_ > --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; name="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Wipro_Disclaimer.txt" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at mailto:mailadmin@wipro.com and delete this mail from your records. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/