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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:

> A. No way to do the trick with SIOCSIF*.

Well, ioctl cannot configure IP aliases, however. Indeed, it may be
useful to change the patch to not touch the SIOCS* functions and
document that it only accesses the first one.

> B. The things does not become simpler when code does something random.
> The things become simpler when code checks something explicitly,
> otherwise you have to add comment: "Well, here we do this against
> plain logic, but this does not matter because of this, this and this."

That's true, but I would not want to make SIOCGIFADDR behave differently
than SIOCGIFNETMASK, in that case, I'd rather have SIOCGIFCONF just
return the first address per interface name.

I will prepare a new patch as my time permits (unless, of course,
someone is faster).

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