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author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1997-07-28 22:35:20 +0000 |
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committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1997-07-28 22:35:20 +0000 |
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Update.cvs/libc-ud-970729
1997-07-28 23:35 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* csu/gmon-start.c (__gmon_start__): Call __monstartup not
monstartup.
* gmon/gmon.c: Rename moncontrol to __moncontrol and monstartup
to __monstartup.
* gmon/sys/gmon.h: Fix prototypes.
* gmon/sys/gmon_out.h: Pretty print.
* gmon/bb_exit_func.c (__bb_exit_func): Use memcpy instead of bcopy.
* gmon/gmon.c (__monstartup): Likewise.
(write_hist): Remove dependency on 32 int.
(_mcleanup): Don't call perror, use fprintf.
* elf/dl-load.c: Fix handling of current directory in search path.
* elf/Makefile (dl-routines): Add dl-profile.
* elf/dl-profile.c: New file.
* elf/dl-runtime.c (fixup): Add new parameter with address to store
relocation result in to elf_machine_relplt.
(profile_fixup): New function.
* elf/do-rel.h (elf_dynamic_do_rel): Add new parameter with address
to store relocation result in to elf_machine_relplt.
* elf/dl-support.c: Define _dl_profile and _dl_profile_map.
* elf/dynamic-link.h (ELF_DYNAMIC_RELOCATE): Add new parameter and
call elf_machine_runtime_setup with extra argument.
* elf/dl-reloc.c (_dl_relocate_object): Add new argument to
ELF_DYNAMIC_RELOCATE.
* elf/link.h: Add prototypes for new functions and variables.
* elf/rtld.c: Parse LD_PROFILE and LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT environment
variables and call _dl_start_profile if necessary.
* include/sys/gmon_out.h: New file.
* sysdeps/alpha/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_runtime_setup): Add
new parameter to enable profiling.
(elf_machine_rela): Add new parameter to specify place to store
result in.
* sysdeps/m68k/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/mips/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/mips/mips64/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/powerpc/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/sparc/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/sparc64/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h: Likewise.
(elf_machine_runtime_setup): Setup got[2] to _dl_runtime_resolve if
we do profiling.
(ELF_MACHINE_RUNTIME_TRAMPOLINE): Add code for _dl_runtime_profile.
* nis/nss_compat/compat-grp.c (internal_setgrent): Set FD_CLOEXEC
for stream on input file.
* nis/nss_compat/compat-pwd.c (internal_setpwent): Likewise.
* nis/nss_compat/compat-spwd.c (internal_setspent): Likewise.
* nss/nss_db/db-XXX.c (internal_setent): Likewise.
* nss/nss_db/db-alias.c (internal_setent): Likewise.
* nss/nss_db/db-netgrp.c (internal_setent): Likewise.
* nss/nss_files/files-XXX.c (internal_setent): Likewise.
* nss/nss_files/files-alias.c (internal_setent): Likewise.
* nss/nss_files/files-netgrp.c (internal_setent): Likewise.
* string/string.h: Pretty print.
* sysdeps/i386/fpu/bits/mathinline.h: Major update by John Bowman.
Add float and long double versions.
1997-07-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* elf/rtld.c (print_unresolved): Replace empty object name by main
program name.
1997-07-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* sysdeps/generic/htons.c (htons): Renamed from __htons.
1997-07-27 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* sysdeps/m68k/bits/byteswap.h: New file.
1997-07-27 23:50 Philip Blundell <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com>
* inet/netinet/icmp6.h: Update for new drafts of POSIX.1g and IPv6
advanced API.
* inet/netinet/in.h: Likewise.
* inet/netinet/ip6.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/socket.h: Likewise.
* posix/sys/types.h: Add socklen_t.
* manual/socket.texi: Document some more IPv6 things.
* manual/libc.texinfo: Likewise.
1997-07-26 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
* libc.map: Define missing symbol.
1997-07-27 14:31 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>
* nis/Makefile: Add nis_findserv.
* nis/lckcache.c: Fix typo.
* nis/nis_call.c: Fix problems with multihomed servers.
* nis/nis_findserv.c: New file.
* nis/nis_intern.h: Add more prototypes.
* nis/nis_lookup.c (nis_lookup): Don't try the next server if network
is unreachable.
* nis/nis_table.c (nis_list): Likewise.
* nis/nis_ping.c (nis_ping): Use MASTER_ONLY, don't call abort()
in error case.
* nis/nis_util.c (__nis_finddirectory): Give the right error code
back.
* nis/ypclnt.c: Make sure, that all sockets are closed.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual/socket.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | manual/socket.texi | 134 |
1 files changed, 115 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/manual/socket.texi b/manual/socket.texi index c122106e2b..6efc54d1a5 100644 --- a/manual/socket.texi +++ b/manual/socket.texi @@ -323,7 +323,13 @@ This is a synonym for @code{AF_FILE}, for compatibility. @vindex AF_INET This designates the address format that goes with the Internet namespace. (@code{PF_INET} is the name of that namespace.) -@xref{Internet Address Format}. +@xref{Internet Address Formats}. + +@comment sys/socket.h +@comment IPv6 Basic API +@item AF_INET6 +This is similar to @code{AF_INET}, but refers to the IPv6 protocol. +(@code{PF_INET6} is the name of the corresponding namespace.) @comment sys/socket.h @comment BSD @@ -566,7 +572,7 @@ A socket address for the Internet namespace includes the following components: @item The address of the machine you want to connect to. Internet addresses can be specified in several ways; these are discussed in @ref{Internet -Address Format}, @ref{Host Addresses}, and @ref{Host Names}. +Address Formats}, @ref{Host Addresses}, and @ref{Host Names}. @item A port number for that machine. @xref{Ports}. @@ -577,7 +583,7 @@ canonical format called @dfn{network byte order}. @xref{Byte Order}, for information about this. @menu -* Internet Address Format:: How socket addresses are specified in the +* Internet Address Formats:: How socket addresses are specified in the Internet namespace. * Host Addresses:: All about host addresses of internet host. * Protocols Database:: Referring to protocols by name. @@ -589,16 +595,17 @@ for information about this. * Inet Example:: Putting it all together. @end menu -@node Internet Address Format -@subsection Internet Socket Address Format +@node Internet Address Formats +@subsection Internet Socket Address Formats -In the Internet namespace, a socket address consists of a host address +In the Internet namespace, for both IPv4 (@code{AF_INET}) and IPv6 +(@code{AF_INET6}), a socket address consists of a host address and a port on that host. In addition, the protocol you choose serves effectively as a part of the address because local port numbers are meaningful only within a particular protocol. -The data type for representing socket addresses in the Internet namespace -is defined in the header file @file{netinet/in.h}. +The data types for representing socket addresses in the Internet namespace +are defined in the header file @file{netinet/in.h}. @pindex netinet/in.h @comment netinet/in.h @@ -627,13 +634,39 @@ When you call @code{bind} or @code{getsockname}, you should specify @code{sizeof (struct sockaddr_in)} as the @var{length} parameter if you are using an Internet namespace socket address. +@deftp {Data Type} {struct sockaddr_in6} +This is the data type used to represent socket addresses in the IPv6 +namespace. It has the following members: + +@table @code +@item short int sin6_family +This identifies the address family or format of the socket address. +You should store the value of @code{AF_INET6} in this member. +@xref{Socket Addresses}. + +@item struct in6_addr sin6_addr +This is the IPv6 address of the host machine. @xref{Host +Addresses}, and @ref{Host Names}, for how to get a value to store +here. + +@item uint32_t sin6_flowinfo +This is a currently unimplemented field. + +@item uint16_t sin6_port +This is the port number. @xref{Ports}. + +@end table +@end deftp + @node Host Addresses @subsection Host Addresses Each computer on the Internet has one or more @dfn{Internet addresses}, numbers which identify that computer among all those on the Internet. -Users typically write numeric host addresses as sequences of four -numbers, separated by periods, as in @samp{128.52.46.32}. +Users typically write IPv4 numeric host addresses as sequences of four +numbers, separated by periods, as in @samp{128.52.46.32}, and IPv6 +numeric host addresses as sequences of up to eight numbers seperated by +colons, as in @samp{5f03:1200:836f:c100::1}. Each computer also has one or more @dfn{host names}, which are strings of words separated by periods, as in @samp{churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu}. @@ -660,6 +693,9 @@ Each computer on the Internet has one or more Internet addresses, numbers which identify that computer among all those on the Internet. @end ifinfo +@c I think this whole section could possibly be removed. It is slightly +@c misleading these days. + @cindex network number @cindex local network address number An Internet host address is a number containing four bytes of data. @@ -779,6 +815,31 @@ This constant is the address you use to send a broadcast message. This constant is returned by some functions to indicate an error. @end deftypevr +@comment netinet/in.h +@comment IPv6 basic API +@deftp {Data Type} {struct in6_addr} +This data type is used to store an IPv6 address. It stores 128 bits of +data, which can be accessed (via a union) in a variety of ways. +@end deftp + +@comment netinet/in.h +@comment IPv6 basic API +@deftypevr Constant {struct in6_addr} in6addr_loopback. +This constant is the IPv6 address @samp{::1}, the loopback address. See +above for a description of what this means. The macro +@code{IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT} is provided to allow you to initialise your +own variables to this value. +@end deftypevr + +@comment netinet/in.h +@comment IPv6 basic API +@deftypevr Constant {struct in6_addr} in6addr_any +This constant is the IPv6 address @samp{::}, the unspecified address. See +above for a description of what this means. The macro +@code{IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT} is provided to allow you to initialise your +own variables to this value. +@end deftypevr + @node Host Address Functions @subsubsection Host Address Functions @@ -854,6 +915,30 @@ This function returns the network number part of the Internet host address @var{addr}. @end deftypefun +@comment arpa/inet.h +@comment IPv6 basic API +@deftypefun int inet_pton (int @var{af}, const char *@var{cp}, void +*@var{buf}) +This function converts an Internet address (either IPv4 or IPv6) from +presentation (textual) to network (binary) format. @var{af} should be +either @code{AF_INET} or @code{AF_INET6}, as appropriate for the type of +address being converted. @var{cp} is a pointer to the input string, and +@var{buf} is a pointer to a buffer for the result. It is the caller's +responsibility to make sure the buffer is large enough. +@end deftypefun + +@comment arpa/inet.h +@comment IPv6 basic API +@deftypefun char *inet_ntop(int @var{af}, const void *@var{cp}, char +*@var{buf}, size_t @var{len}) +This function converts an Internet address (either IPv4 or IPv6) from +network (binary) to presentation (textual) form. @var{af} should be +either @code{AF_INET} or @code{AF_INET6}, as appropriate. @var{cp} is a +pointer to the address to be converted. @var{buf} should be a pointer +to a buffer to hold the result, and @var{len} is the length of this +buffer. The return value from the function will be this buffer address. +@end deftypefun + @node Host Names @subsubsection Host Names @cindex hosts database @@ -891,11 +976,12 @@ These are alternative names for the host, represented as a null-terminated vector of strings. @item int h_addrtype -This is the host address type; in practice, its value is always -@code{AF_INET}. In principle other kinds of addresses could be -represented in the data base as well as Internet addresses; if this were -done, you might find a value in this field other than @code{AF_INET}. -@xref{Socket Addresses}. +This is the host address type; in practice, its value is always either +@code{AF_INET} or @code{AF_INET6}, with the latter being used for IPv6 +hosts. In principle other kinds of addresses could be represented in +the data base as well as Internet addresses; if this were done, you +might find a value in this field other than @code{AF_INET} or +@code{AF_INET6}. @xref{Socket Addresses}. @item int h_length This is the length, in bytes, of each address. @@ -917,10 +1003,12 @@ implicit assumption that you can convert this to a @code{struct in_addr} or an @code{unsigned long int}. Host addresses in a @code{struct hostent} structure are always given in network byte order; see @ref{Byte Order}. -You can use @code{gethostbyname} or @code{gethostbyaddr} to search the -hosts database for information about a particular host. The information -is returned in a statically-allocated structure; you must copy the -information if you need to save it across calls. +You can use @code{gethostbyname}, @code{gethostbyname2} or +@code{gethostbyaddr} to search the hosts database for information about +a particular host. The information is returned in a +statically-allocated structure; you must copy the information if you +need to save it across calls. You can also use @code{getaddrinfo} and +@code{getnameinfo} to obtain this information. @comment netdb.h @comment BSD @@ -930,6 +1018,14 @@ named @var{name}. If the lookup fails, it returns a null pointer. @end deftypefun @comment netdb.h +@comment IPv6 Basic API +@deftypefun {struct hostent *} gethostbyname2 (const char *@var{name}, int @var{af}) +The @code{gethostbyname2} function is like @code{gethostbyname}, but +allows the caller to specify the desired address family (e.g.@: +@code{AF_INET} or @code{AF_INET6}) for the result. +@end deftypefun + +@comment netdb.h @comment BSD @deftypefun {struct hostent *} gethostbyaddr (const char *@var{addr}, int @var{length}, int @var{format}) The @code{gethostbyaddr} function returns information about the host |