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>> is there any way to get at the if_multiaddrs list from user space (except
>> for digging through the kernel with kvm).
>> 
> I'm affraid not.

There should be.

> I think the right way would be to add this to net/rtsock.c:sysctl_iflist()
> to be accessible through the NET_RT_IFLIST sysctl.  BTW, I've just fixed
> the sysctl(3) manpage to document the sixth level of this sysctl.

I agree.  I'd suggest it would be simpler for most applications to
create a new option, NET_RT_IFMLIST.  The RTM_NEWMADDR message type
already exists, IIRC.

-GAWollman


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