getifaddrs returning wrong number of interfaces

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bv_arvind

Hi,

I try to run through the linked list returned by getifaddrs and do some operation for each. But I observe the linked list to contain wrong number of interfaces. I see a few interfaces appearing twice (same name) and I am not sure how this could happen. I count the interfaces at the device attach point and I don't see any issue. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks
Arvind
 
Interfaces can have multiple IP addresses. And if I read getifaddrs(3) correctly an interface's MAC address will show up as a separate entry.
 
Not sure I understood you right. I have no IP address configured on any of the interfaces and I try to read the linked list returned by getifaddrs. I could not find out the point at which these extra interfaces were getting appended to the list (code search took me nowhere).
 
As I understood the man page getifaddrs(3) returns a list with all addresses on all interfaces, that includes MAC, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Each address will have its own entry in the list.
 
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