netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4: Get the address of interface correctly.

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Date:   Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:44:58 +0000
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Tonghao Zhang <xiangxia.m.yue@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: Get the address of interface correctly.

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 02:19:08PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 03:38:58AM -0800, Tonghao Zhang wrote:
> > When using ioctl to get address of interface, we can't
> > get it anymore. For example, the command is show as below.
> > 
> > 	# ifconfig eth0
> > 
> > In the patch ("03aef17bb79b3"), the devinet_ioctl does not
> > return a suitable value, even though we can find it in
> > the kernel. Then fix it now.
> 
> D'oh...
> 
> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> 
> I really wonder how has that avoided loud screams at boot time...

... and looks like LTP doesn't catch that either - none of these
ioctl is ever mentioned in the source, at least (of all SIOCS...
it only tries SIOCSIFFLAGS).  Is there any testsuite that would
cover net ioctls?