From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2D3C433B4 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:56:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C4661154 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:56:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1349705AbhDNT5B (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:57:01 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49568 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1353602AbhDNT4c (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:56:32 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-x334.google.com (mail-wm1-x334.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::334]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71970C061574; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wm1-x334.google.com with SMTP id q123-20020a1c43810000b029012c7d852459so3086428wma.0; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:56:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nm1RgrxkH0mrghDJXR+ujr0bhh26nh2PfPQkM5o/W4I=; b=mZwCAuK3BeoomTNP0b+KCEndw+VdNfYUkcSa46z0v5ZepKNiRaQeK9GsODMjLLeCLb rsbwl83Nnkk//3hNpTakqlN3X5j9ryloKvIHqNP7fPoI2fTPCylRKqJaAl653hA4uiR6 47uApzliyFe1oFb6i9KUuG264qJ+hoHdf9e62a6+lT+/4bFK3JqbZ+V+9WG6OhNsGkoc 4bQ0F2oZpXYMApnbHtSbGg43cgNCW4FI/15zPPLYXHBklyToK8XB3nCWLRCzrMGL29wY LswB6crEVW4fc7/Wpid9NDZMmznlXZmyMXVuwqZfvJ2qwIw+XGcFyt8+z0Ph1vbtuaz0 Pchw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nm1RgrxkH0mrghDJXR+ujr0bhh26nh2PfPQkM5o/W4I=; b=OqwHo7ZNOt1iWZHwTLZyC37mY9jghDD4QrFgRua9BEfWWoIjjC4yIzAjQGxbbxMPh2 QWSLlkwSRn4ApsAbiTAfiBuiuCFokrS4RXYjvHgf8cwITLYpQD5E78B0w9DKTzQ2EaFi p3EKylpF7+/hQehsepFvQzjkGF49vX0gZKBXYCCFtPlmDLlLWaaQz9uEhFx/OPQciiKI Mz1ARQdWqxYBALoKEkYwbOTs9gIaBt/xWz+pE4Zw5toxeAIdFLdSy3ZY4m80+GBNnrdw gfGhH30cb1EMktjnSEPEnnyRLjVanIO/o9eHytQHoHMNKwRkHv+TZb1r/7gUkD6gR/VN tskQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531kmzArOmD17P2ODwekrFnQRg7J/vqtQ+SEWFP3TLm+1BqpIpFc TgrwRlEUW29ChSG7IMkBbhdTabxoNAI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwTJLKx4odMHNisMu8ZhiF62rIbanegdCW3NMLMU8+mFB/pya0eMEbsMNzu6YCA8HLdvBwpxQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:4d91:: with SMTP id v17mr4451449wmp.28.1618430168249; Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:56:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.8.0.194] ([195.53.121.100]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q10sm301506wmc.31.2021.04.14.12.56.07 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:56:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: netdevice.7 SIOCGIFFLAGS/SIOCSIFFLAGS To: Erik Flodin Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Stefan Rompf , "David S. Miller" , Fredrik Arnerup , John Dykstra , Oliver Hartkopp , Urs Thuermann , netdev@vger.kernel.org References: From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" Message-ID: <1cde5a72-033e-05e7-be58-b1b2ef95c80f@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:56:06 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org [CC += netdev] Hi Erik, On 4/14/21 8:52 PM, Erik Flodin wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 at 20:53, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) > wrote: >> On 3/17/21 3:12 PM, Erik Flodin wrote: >>> The documentation for SIOCGIFFLAGS/SIOCSIFFLAGS in netdevice.7 lists >>> IFF_LOWER_UP, IFF_DORMANT and IFF_ECHO, but those can't be set in >>> ifr_flags as it is only a short and the flags start at 1<<16. >>> >>> See also https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=746e6ad23cd6fec2edce056e014a0eabeffa838c >>> >> >> I don't know what's the history of that. > > Judging from commit message in the commit linked above it was added by > mistake. As noted the flags are accessible via netlink, just not via > SIOCGIFFLAGS. > > // Erik > I should have CCd netdev@ before. Thanks for the update. Let's see if anyone there can comment. Thanks, Alex -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/