Understanding iproute2 source

<span title='2023-02-05 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>February 5, 2023</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;wtj

Ambitious title, isn’t it? But I will actually focus on one subcommand:

ip [--details] address show

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Author status

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References

  1. if_link.h
  2. rtnetlink(7)
  3. Neil Horman: Understanding And Programming With Netlink Sockets
  4. Yuan Jianpeng: netlink 消息类型和格式