Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink.7: Document struct ifa_cacheinfo

Stephen Hemminger
2024-11-09T16:27:30Z

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 21:14:20 -0700
Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> wrote:

> struct ifa_cacheinfo contains the address's creation time, update time,
> preferred lifetime, and valid lifetime. See
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h?h=v6.11#n60
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
> ---
> man/man7/rtnetlink.7 | 10 +++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/man/man7/rtnetlink.7 b/man/man7/rtnetlink.7
> index 86ed459bb..b05654315 100644
> --- a/man/man7/rtnetlink.7
> +++ b/man/man7/rtnetlink.7
> @@ -176,7 +176,15 @@ IFA_BROADCAST:raw protocol address:broadcast address
> IFA_ANYCAST:raw protocol address:anycast address
> IFA_CACHEINFO:struct ifa_cacheinfo:Address information
> .TE
> -.\" FIXME Document struct ifa_cacheinfo
> +.IP
> +.EX
> +struct ifa_cacheinfo {
> + __u32 ifa_prefered; /* Preferred lifetime in seconds, -1 = forever */
> + __u32 ifa_valid; /* Valid lifetime in seconds, -1 = forever */
> + __u32 cstamp; /* Creation timestamp in hundredths of seconds */
> + __u32 tstamp; /* Update timestamp in hundredths of seconds */
> +};
> +.EE
> .TP
> .B RTM_NEWROUTE
> .TQ

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