Re: Adding ifam_pid to ifa_msghdr

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, Roy Marples wrote:

> > You need to version getifaddrs(3).
>
> Why? I appended to the end of the struct.
> This does not break ABI AFAIK, so should work fine with older progs.

Is there any place where the struct is passed between the kernel and 
modular code (regardless of whether the modular code is built-in or 
separate from the kernel)?


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