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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3 | 73 |
1 files changed, 67 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3 b/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3 index 9c5a8b6..07bef877 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.3 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 20, 2004 +.Dd June 6, 2007 .Dt GETADDRINFO 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -119,11 +119,41 @@ If .Fa ai_protocol is zero the caller will accept any protocol. .It Fa ai_flags +The .Fa ai_flags -is formed by -.Tn OR Ns 'ing -the following values: +field to which the +.Fa hints +parameter points shall be set to zero +or be the bitwise-inclusive OR of one or more of the values +.Dv AI_ADDRCONFIG , +.Dv AI_ALL , +.Dv AI_CANONNAME , +.Dv AI_NUMERICHOST , +.Dv AI_NUMERICSERV , +.Dv AI_PASSIVE , +and +.Dv AI_V4MAPPED . .Bl -tag -width "AI_CANONNAMEXX" +.It Dv AI_ADDRCONFIG +If the +.Dv AI_ADDRCONFIG +bit is set, IPv4 addresses shall be returned only if +an IPv4 address is configured on the local system, +and IPv6 addresses shall be returned only if +an IPv6 address is configured on the local system. +.It Dv AI_ALL +If the +.Dv AI_ALL +bit is set with the +.Dv AI_V4MAPPED +bit, then +.Fn getaddrinfo +shall return all matching IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. +The +.Dv AI_ALL +bit without the +.Dv AI_V4MAPPED +bit is ignored. .It Dv AI_CANONNAME If the .Dv AI_CANONNAME @@ -142,6 +172,18 @@ bit is set, it indicates that .Fa hostname should be treated as a numeric string defining an IPv4 or IPv6 address and no name resolution should be attempted. +.It Dv AI_NUMERICSERV +If the +.Dv AI_NUMERICSERV +bit is set, +then a non-null +.Fa servname +string supplied shall be a numeric port string. +Otherwise, an +.Dv EAI_NONAME +error shall be returned. +This bit shall prevent any type of name resolution service +(for example, NIS+) from being invoked. .It Dv AI_PASSIVE If the .Dv AI_PASSIVE @@ -176,6 +218,25 @@ loopback address if is the null pointer and .Dv AI_PASSIVE is not set. +.It Dv AI_V4MAPPED +If the +.Dv AI_V4MAPPED +flag is specified along with an +.Fa ai_family +of +.Dv AF_INET6 , +then +.Fn getaddrinfo +shall return IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses +on finding no matching IPv6 addresses ( +.Fa ai_addrlen +shall be 16). +The +.Dv AI_V4MAPPED +flag shall be ignored unless +.Fa ai_family +equals +.Dv AF_INET6 . .El .El .Pp @@ -428,7 +489,7 @@ freeaddrinfo(res0); The .Fn getaddrinfo function is defined by the -.St -p1003.1g-2000 -draft specification and documented in +.St -p1003.1-2004 +specification and documented in .Dv "RFC 3493" , .Dq Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6 . |