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Hoover <ehoover@mines.edu> +.\" +.TH ip 7 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +ip \- Linux IPv4 protocol implementation +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <sys/socket.h> +.\" .B #include <net/netinet.h> -- does not exist anymore +.\" .B #include <linux/errqueue.h> -- never include <linux/foo.h> +.B #include <netinet/in.h> +.B #include <netinet/ip.h> \fR/* superset of previous */ +.P +.IB tcp_socket " = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);" +.IB udp_socket " = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);" +.IB raw_socket " = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, " protocol ");" +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +Linux implements the Internet Protocol, version 4, +described in RFC\ 791 and RFC\ 1122. +.B ip +contains a level 2 multicasting implementation conforming to RFC\ 1112. +It also contains an IP router including a packet filter. +.P +The programming interface is BSD-sockets compatible. +For more information on sockets, see +.BR socket (7). +.P +An IP socket is created using +.BR socket (2): +.P +.in +4n +.EX +socket(AF_INET, socket_type, protocol); +.EE +.in +.P +Valid socket types include +.B SOCK_STREAM +to open a stream socket, +.B SOCK_DGRAM +to open a datagram socket, and +.B SOCK_RAW +to open a +.BR raw (7) +socket to access the IP protocol directly. +.P +.I protocol +is the IP protocol in the IP header to be received or sent. +Valid values for +.I protocol +include: +.IP \[bu] 3 +0 and +.B IPPROTO_TCP +for +.BR tcp (7) +stream sockets; +.IP \[bu] +0 and +.B IPPROTO_UDP +for +.BR udp (7) +datagram sockets; +.IP \[bu] +.B IPPROTO_SCTP +for +.BR sctp (7) +stream sockets; and +.IP \[bu] +.B IPPROTO_UDPLITE +for +.BR udplite (7) +datagram sockets. +.P +For +.B SOCK_RAW +you may specify a valid IANA IP protocol defined in +RFC\ 1700 assigned numbers. +.P +When a process wants to receive new incoming packets or connections, it +should bind a socket to a local interface address using +.BR bind (2). +In this case, only one IP socket may be bound to any given local +(address, port) pair. +When +.B INADDR_ANY +is specified in the bind call, the socket will be bound to +.I all +local interfaces. +When +.BR listen (2) +is called on an unbound socket, the socket is automatically bound +to a random free port with the local address set to +.BR INADDR_ANY . +When +.BR connect (2) +is called on an unbound socket, the socket is automatically bound +to a random free port or to a usable shared port with the local address +set to +.BR INADDR_ANY . +.P +A TCP local socket address that has been bound is unavailable for +some time after closing, unless the +.B SO_REUSEADDR +flag has been set. +Care should be taken when using this flag as it makes TCP less reliable. +.SS Address format +An IP socket address is defined as a combination of an IP interface +address and a 16-bit port number. +The basic IP protocol does not supply port numbers, they +are implemented by higher level protocols like +.BR udp (7) +and +.BR tcp (7). +On raw sockets +.I sin_port +is set to the IP protocol. +.P +.in +4n +.EX +struct sockaddr_in { + sa_family_t sin_family; /* address family: AF_INET */ + in_port_t sin_port; /* port in network byte order */ + struct in_addr sin_addr; /* internet address */ +}; +\& +/* Internet address */ +struct in_addr { + uint32_t s_addr; /* address in network byte order */ +}; +.EE +.in +.P +.I sin_family +is always set to +.BR AF_INET . +This is required; in Linux 2.2 most networking functions return +.B EINVAL +when this setting is missing. +.I sin_port +contains the port in network byte order. +The port numbers below 1024 are called +.I privileged ports +(or sometimes: +.IR "reserved ports" ). +Only a privileged process +(on Linux: a process that has the +.B CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE +capability in the user namespace governing its network namespace) may +.BR bind (2) +to these sockets. +Note that the raw IPv4 protocol as such has no concept of a +port, they are implemented only by higher protocols like +.BR tcp (7) +and +.BR udp (7). +.P +.I sin_addr +is the IP host address. +The +.I s_addr +member of +.I struct in_addr +contains the host interface address in network byte order. +.I in_addr +should be assigned one of the +.B INADDR_* +values +(e.g., +.BR INADDR_LOOPBACK ) +using +.BR htonl (3) +or set using the +.BR inet_aton (3), +.BR inet_addr (3), +.BR inet_makeaddr (3) +library functions or directly with the name resolver (see +.BR gethostbyname (3)). +.P +IPv4 addresses are divided into unicast, broadcast, +and multicast addresses. +Unicast addresses specify a single interface of a host, +broadcast addresses specify all hosts on a network, and multicast +addresses address all hosts in a multicast group. +Datagrams to broadcast addresses can be sent or received only when the +.B SO_BROADCAST +socket flag is set. +In the current implementation, connection-oriented sockets are allowed +to use only unicast addresses. +.\" Leave a loophole for XTP @) +.P +Note that the address and the port are always stored in +network byte order. +In particular, this means that you need to call +.BR htons (3) +on the number that is assigned to a port. +All address/port manipulation +functions in the standard library work in network byte order. +.SS Special and reserved addresses +There are several special addresses: +.TP +.BR INADDR_LOOPBACK " (127.0.0.1)" +always refers to the local host via the loopback device; +.TP +.BR INADDR_ANY " (0.0.0.0)" +means any address for socket binding; +.TP +.BR INADDR_BROADCAST " (255.255.255.255)" +has the same effect on +.BR bind (2) +as +.B INADDR_ANY +for historical reasons. +A packet addressed to +.B INADDR_BROADCAST +through a socket which has +.B SO_BROADCAST +set will be broadcast to all hosts on the local network segment, +as long as the link is broadcast-capable. +.TP +Highest-numbered address +.TQ +Lowest-numbered address +On any locally-attached non-point-to-point IP subnet +with a link type that supports broadcasts, +the highest-numbered address +(e.g., the .255 address on a subnet with netmask 255.255.255.0) +is designated as a broadcast address. +It cannot usefully be assigned to an individual interface, +and can only be addressed with a socket on which the +.B SO_BROADCAST +option has been set. +Internet standards have historically +also reserved the lowest-numbered address +(e.g., the .0 address on a subnet with netmask 255.255.255.0) +for broadcast, though they call it "obsolete" for this purpose. +(Some sources also refer to this as the "network address.") +Since Linux 5.14, +.\" commit 58fee5fc83658aaacf60246aeab738946a9ba516 +it is treated as an ordinary unicast address +and can be assigned to an interface. +.P +Internet standards have traditionally also reserved various addresses +for particular uses, though Linux no longer treats +some of these specially. +.TP +[0.0.0.1, 0.255.255.255] +.TQ +[240.0.0.0, 255.255.255.254] +Addresses in these ranges (0/8 and 240/4) are reserved globally. +Since Linux 5.3 +.\" commit 96125bf9985a75db00496dd2bc9249b777d2b19b +and Linux 2.6.25, +.\" commit 1e637c74b0f84eaca02b914c0b8c6f67276e9697 +respectively, +the 0/8 and 240/4 addresses, other than +.B INADDR_ANY +and +.BR INADDR_BROADCAST , +are treated as ordinary unicast addresses. +Systems that follow the traditional behaviors may not +interoperate with these historically reserved addresses. +.TP +[127.0.0.1, 127.255.255.254] +Addresses in this range (127/8) are treated as loopback addresses +akin to the standardized local loopback address +.B INADDR_LOOPBACK +(127.0.0.1); +.TP +[224.0.0.0, 239.255.255.255] +Addresses in this range (224/4) are dedicated to multicast use. +.SS Socket options +IP supports some protocol-specific socket options that can be set with +.BR setsockopt (2) +and read with +.BR getsockopt (2). +The socket option level for IP is +.BR IPPROTO_IP . +.\" or SOL_IP on Linux +A boolean integer flag is zero when it is false, otherwise true. +.P +When an invalid socket option is specified, +.BR getsockopt (2) +and +.BR setsockopt (2) +fail with the error +.BR ENOPROTOOPT . +.TP +.BR IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP " (since Linux 1.2)" +Join a multicast group. +Argument is an +.I ip_mreqn +structure. +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct ip_mreqn { + struct in_addr imr_multiaddr; /* IP multicast group + address */ + struct in_addr imr_address; /* IP address of local + interface */ + int imr_ifindex; /* interface index */ +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +.I imr_multiaddr +contains the address of the multicast group the application +wants to join or leave. +It must be a valid multicast address +.\" (i.e., within the 224.0.0.0-239.255.255.255 range) +(or +.BR setsockopt (2) +fails with the error +.BR EINVAL ). +.I imr_address +is the address of the local interface with which the system +should join the multicast group; if it is equal to +.BR INADDR_ANY , +an appropriate interface is chosen by the system. +.I imr_ifindex +is the interface index of the interface that should join/leave the +.I imr_multiaddr +group, or 0 to indicate any interface. +.IP +The +.I ip_mreqn +structure is available only since Linux 2.2. +For compatibility, the old +.I ip_mreq +structure (present since Linux 1.2) is still supported; +it differs from +.I ip_mreqn +only by not including the +.I imr_ifindex +field. +(The kernel determines which structure is being passed based +on the size passed in +.IR optlen .) +.IP +.B IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP +is valid only for +.BR setsockopt (2). +.\" +.TP +.BR IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP " (since Linux 2.4.22 / Linux 2.5.68)" +Join a multicast group and allow receiving data only +from a specified source. +Argument is an +.I ip_mreq_source +structure. +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct ip_mreq_source { + struct in_addr imr_multiaddr; /* IP multicast group + address */ + struct in_addr imr_interface; /* IP address of local + interface */ + struct in_addr imr_sourceaddr; /* IP address of + multicast source */ +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +The +.I ip_mreq_source +structure is similar to +.I ip_mreqn +described under +.BR IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP . +The +.I imr_multiaddr +field contains the address of the multicast group the application +wants to join or leave. +The +.I imr_interface +field is the address of the local interface with which +the system should join the multicast group. +Finally, the +.I imr_sourceaddr +field contains the address of the source the +application wants to receive data from. +.IP +This option can be used multiple times to allow +receiving data from more than one source. +.TP +.BR IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT " (since Linux 4.2)" +.\" commit 90c337da1524863838658078ec34241f45d8394d +Inform the kernel to not reserve an ephemeral port when using +.BR bind (2) +with a port number of 0. +The port will later be automatically chosen at +.BR connect (2) +time, +in a way that allows sharing a source port as long as the 4-tuple is unique. +.TP +.BR IP_BLOCK_SOURCE " (since Linux 2.4.22 / 2.5.68)" +Stop receiving multicast data from a specific source in a given group. +This is valid only after the application has subscribed +to the multicast group using either +.B IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP +or +.BR IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP . +.IP +Argument is an +.I ip_mreq_source +structure as described under +.BR IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP . +.TP +.BR IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP " (since Linux 1.2)" +Leave a multicast group. +Argument is an +.I ip_mreqn +or +.I ip_mreq +structure similar to +.BR IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP . +.TP +.BR IP_DROP_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP " (since Linux 2.4.22 / 2.5.68)" +Leave a source-specific group\[em]that is, stop receiving data from +a given multicast group that come from a given source. +If the application has subscribed to multiple sources within +the same group, data from the remaining sources will still be delivered. +To stop receiving data from all sources at once, use +.BR IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP . +.IP +Argument is an +.I ip_mreq_source +structure as described under +.BR IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP . +.TP +.BR IP_FREEBIND " (since Linux 2.4)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.4.0-test10 +If enabled, this boolean option allows binding to an IP address +that is nonlocal or does not (yet) exist. +This permits listening on a socket, +without requiring the underlying network interface or the +specified dynamic IP address to be up at the time that +the application is trying to bind to it. +This option is the per-socket equivalent of the +.I ip_nonlocal_bind +.I /proc +interface described below. +.TP +.BR IP_HDRINCL " (since Linux 2.0)" +If enabled, +the user supplies an IP header in front of the user data. +Valid only for +.B SOCK_RAW +sockets; see +.BR raw (7) +for more information. +When this flag is enabled, the values set by +.BR IP_OPTIONS , +.BR IP_TTL , +and +.B IP_TOS +are ignored. +.TP +.BR IP_LOCAL_PORT_RANGE " (since Linux 6.3)" +Set or get the per-socket default local port range. +This option can be used to clamp down the global local port range, +defined by the +.I ip_local_port_range +.I /proc +interface described below, for a given socket. +.IP +The option takes an +.I uint32_t +value with +the high 16 bits set to the upper range bound, +and the low 16 bits set to the lower range bound. +Range bounds are inclusive. +The 16-bit values should be in host byte order. +.IP +The lower bound has to be less than the upper bound +when both bounds are not zero. +Otherwise, setting the option fails with EINVAL. +.IP +If either bound is outside of the global local port range, or is zero, +then that bound has no effect. +.IP +To reset the setting, +pass zero as both the upper and the lower bound. +.TP +.BR IP_MSFILTER " (since Linux 2.4.22 / 2.5.68)" +This option provides access to the advanced full-state filtering API. +Argument is an +.I ip_msfilter +structure. +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct ip_msfilter { + struct in_addr imsf_multiaddr; /* IP multicast group + address */ + struct in_addr imsf_interface; /* IP address of local + interface */ + uint32_t imsf_fmode; /* Filter\-mode */ +\& + uint32_t imsf_numsrc; /* Number of sources in + the following array */ + struct in_addr imsf_slist[1]; /* Array of source + addresses */ +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +There are two macros, +.B MCAST_INCLUDE +and +.BR MCAST_EXCLUDE , +which can be used to specify the filtering mode. +Additionally, the +.BR IP_MSFILTER_SIZE (n) +macro exists to determine how much memory is needed to store +.I ip_msfilter +structure with +.I n +sources in the source list. +.IP +For the full description of multicast source filtering +refer to RFC 3376. +.TP +.BR IP_MTU " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.124 +Retrieve the current known path MTU of the current socket. +Returns an integer. +.IP +.B IP_MTU +is valid only for +.BR getsockopt (2) +and can be employed only when the socket has been connected. +.TP +.BR IP_MTU_DISCOVER " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.124 +Set or receive the Path MTU Discovery setting for a socket. +When enabled, Linux will perform Path MTU Discovery +as defined in RFC\ 1191 on +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +For +.RB non- SOCK_STREAM +sockets, +.B IP_PMTUDISC_DO +forces the don't-fragment flag to be set on all outgoing packets. +It is the user's responsibility to packetize the data +in MTU-sized chunks and to do the retransmits if necessary. +The kernel will reject (with +.BR EMSGSIZE ) +datagrams that are bigger than the known path MTU. +.B IP_PMTUDISC_WANT +will fragment a datagram if needed according to the path MTU, +or will set the don't-fragment flag otherwise. +.IP +The system-wide default can be toggled between +.B IP_PMTUDISC_WANT +and +.B IP_PMTUDISC_DONT +by writing (respectively, zero and nonzero values) to the +.I /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc +file. +.TS +tab(:); +c l +l l. +Path MTU discovery value:Meaning +IP_PMTUDISC_WANT:Use per-route settings. +IP_PMTUDISC_DONT:Never do Path MTU Discovery. +IP_PMTUDISC_DO:Always do Path MTU Discovery. +IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE:Set DF but ignore Path MTU. +.TE +.IP +When PMTU discovery is enabled, the kernel automatically keeps track of +the path MTU per destination host. +When it is connected to a specific peer with +.BR connect (2), +the currently known path MTU can be retrieved conveniently using the +.B IP_MTU +socket option (e.g., after an +.B EMSGSIZE +error occurred). +The path MTU may change over time. +For connectionless sockets with many destinations, +the new MTU for a given destination can also be accessed using the +error queue (see +.BR IP_RECVERR ). +A new error will be queued for every incoming MTU update. +.IP +While MTU discovery is in progress, initial packets from datagram sockets +may be dropped. +Applications using UDP should be aware of this and not +take it into account for their packet retransmit strategy. +.IP +To bootstrap the path MTU discovery process on unconnected sockets, it +is possible to start with a big datagram size +(headers up to 64 kilobytes long) and let it shrink by updates of the path MTU. +.IP +To get an initial estimate of the +path MTU, connect a datagram socket to the destination address using +.BR connect (2) +and retrieve the MTU by calling +.BR getsockopt (2) +with the +.B IP_MTU +option. +.IP +It is possible to implement RFC 4821 MTU probing with +.B SOCK_DGRAM +or +.B SOCK_RAW +sockets by setting a value of +.B IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE +(available since Linux 2.6.22). +This is also particularly useful for diagnostic tools such as +.BR tracepath (8) +that wish to deliberately send probe packets larger than +the observed Path MTU. +.TP +.BR IP_MULTICAST_ALL " (since Linux 2.6.31)" +This option can be used to modify the delivery policy of multicast messages. +The argument is a boolean integer (defaults to 1). +If set to 1, +the socket will receive messages from all the groups that have been joined +globally on the whole system. +Otherwise, it will deliver messages only from +the groups that have been explicitly joined (for example via the +.B IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP +option) on this particular socket. +.TP +.BR IP_MULTICAST_IF " (since Linux 1.2)" +Set the local device for a multicast socket. +The argument for +.BR setsockopt (2) +is an +.I ip_mreqn +or +.\" net: IP_MULTICAST_IF setsockopt now recognizes struct mreq +.\" Commit: 3a084ddb4bf299a6e898a9a07c89f3917f0713f7 +(since Linux 3.5) +.I ip_mreq +structure similar to +.BR IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP , +or an +.I in_addr +structure. +(The kernel determines which structure is being passed based +on the size passed in +.IR optlen .) +For +.BR getsockopt (2), +the argument is an +.I in_addr +structure. +.TP +.BR IP_MULTICAST_LOOP " (since Linux 1.2)" +Set or read a boolean integer argument that determines whether +sent multicast packets should be looped back to the local sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_MULTICAST_TTL " (since Linux 1.2)" +Set or read the time-to-live value of outgoing multicast packets for this +socket. +It is very important for multicast packets to set the smallest TTL possible. +The default is 1 which means that multicast packets don't leave the local +network unless the user program explicitly requests it. +Argument is an integer. +.TP +.BR IP_NODEFRAG " (since Linux 2.6.36)" +If enabled (argument is nonzero), +the reassembly of outgoing packets is disabled in the netfilter layer. +The argument is an integer. +.IP +This option is valid only for +.B SOCK_RAW +sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_OPTIONS " (since Linux 2.0)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 1.3.30 +Set or get the IP options to be sent with every packet from this socket. +The arguments are a pointer to a memory buffer containing the options +and the option length. +The +.BR setsockopt (2) +call sets the IP options associated with a socket. +The maximum option size for IPv4 is 40 bytes. +See RFC\ 791 for the allowed options. +When the initial connection request packet for a +.B SOCK_STREAM +socket contains IP options, the IP options will be set automatically +to the options from the initial packet with routing headers reversed. +Incoming packets are not allowed to change options after the connection +is established. +The processing of all incoming source routing options +is disabled by default and can be enabled by using the +.I accept_source_route +.I /proc +interface. +Other options like timestamps are still handled. +For datagram sockets, IP options can be set only by the local user. +Calling +.BR getsockopt (2) +with +.B IP_OPTIONS +puts the current IP options used for sending into the supplied buffer. +.TP +.BR IP_PASSSEC " (since Linux 2.6.17)" +.\" commit 2c7946a7bf45ae86736ab3b43d0085e43947945c +If labeled IPSEC or NetLabel is configured on the sending and receiving +hosts, this option enables receiving of the security context of the peer +socket in an ancillary message of type +.B SCM_SECURITY +retrieved using +.BR recvmsg (2). +This option is supported only for UDP sockets; for TCP or SCTP sockets, +see the description of the +.B SO_PEERSEC +option below. +.IP +The value given as an argument to +.BR setsockopt (2) +and returned as the result of +.BR getsockopt (2) +is an integer boolean flag. +.IP +The security context returned in the +.B SCM_SECURITY +ancillary message +is of the same format as the one described under the +.B SO_PEERSEC +option below. +.IP +Note: the reuse of the +.B SCM_SECURITY +message type for the +.B IP_PASSSEC +socket option was likely a mistake, since other IP control messages use +their own numbering scheme in the IP namespace and often use the +socket option value as the message type. +There is no conflict currently since the IP option with the same value as +.B SCM_SECURITY +is +.B IP_HDRINCL +and this is never used for a control message type. +.TP +.BR IP_PKTINFO " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.68 +Pass an +.B IP_PKTINFO +ancillary message that contains a +.I pktinfo +structure that supplies some information about the incoming packet. +This works only for datagram oriented sockets. +The argument is a flag that tells the socket whether the +.B IP_PKTINFO +message should be passed or not. +The message itself can be sent/retrieved +only as a control message with a packet using +.BR recvmsg (2) +or +.BR sendmsg (2). +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +struct in_pktinfo { + unsigned int ipi_ifindex; /* Interface index */ + struct in_addr ipi_spec_dst; /* Local address */ + struct in_addr ipi_addr; /* Header Destination + address */ +}; +.EE +.in +.IP +.I ipi_ifindex +is the unique index of the interface the packet was received on. +.I ipi_spec_dst +is the local address of the packet and +.I ipi_addr +is the destination address in the packet header. +If +.B IP_PKTINFO +is passed to +.BR sendmsg (2) +and +.\" This field is grossly misnamed +.I ipi_spec_dst +is not zero, then it is used as the local source address for the routing +table lookup and for setting up IP source route options. +When +.I ipi_ifindex +is not zero, the primary local address of the interface specified by the +index overwrites +.I ipi_spec_dst +for the routing table lookup. +.IP +Not supported for +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_RECVERR " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.15 +Enable extended reliable error message passing. +When enabled on a datagram socket, all +generated errors will be queued in a per-socket error queue. +When the user receives an error from a socket operation, +the errors can be received by calling +.BR recvmsg (2) +with the +.B MSG_ERRQUEUE +flag set. +The +.I sock_extended_err +structure describing the error will be passed in an ancillary message with +the type +.B IP_RECVERR +and the level +.BR IPPROTO_IP . +.\" or SOL_IP on Linux +This is useful for reliable error handling on unconnected sockets. +The received data portion of the error queue contains the error packet. +.IP +The +.B IP_RECVERR +control message contains a +.I sock_extended_err +structure: +.IP +.in +4n +.EX +#define SO_EE_ORIGIN_NONE 0 +#define SO_EE_ORIGIN_LOCAL 1 +#define SO_EE_ORIGIN_ICMP 2 +#define SO_EE_ORIGIN_ICMP6 3 +\& +struct sock_extended_err { + uint32_t ee_errno; /* error number */ + uint8_t ee_origin; /* where the error originated */ + uint8_t ee_type; /* type */ + uint8_t ee_code; /* code */ + uint8_t ee_pad; + uint32_t ee_info; /* additional information */ + uint32_t ee_data; /* other data */ + /* More data may follow */ +}; +\& +struct sockaddr *SO_EE_OFFENDER(struct sock_extended_err *); +.EE +.in +.IP +.I ee_errno +contains the +.I errno +number of the queued error. +.I ee_origin +is the origin code of where the error originated. +The other fields are protocol-specific. +The macro +.B SO_EE_OFFENDER +returns a pointer to the address of the network object +where the error originated from given a pointer to the ancillary message. +If this address is not known, the +.I sa_family +member of the +.I sockaddr +contains +.B AF_UNSPEC +and the other fields of the +.I sockaddr +are undefined. +.IP +IP uses the +.I sock_extended_err +structure as follows: +.I ee_origin +is set to +.B SO_EE_ORIGIN_ICMP +for errors received as an ICMP packet, or +.B SO_EE_ORIGIN_LOCAL +for locally generated errors. +Unknown values should be ignored. +.I ee_type +and +.I ee_code +are set from the type and code fields of the ICMP header. +.I ee_info +contains the discovered MTU for +.B EMSGSIZE +errors. +The message also contains the +.I sockaddr_in of the node +caused the error, which can be accessed with the +.B SO_EE_OFFENDER +macro. +The +.I sin_family +field of the +.B SO_EE_OFFENDER +address is +.B AF_UNSPEC +when the source was unknown. +When the error originated from the network, all IP options +.RB ( IP_OPTIONS ", " IP_TTL , +etc.) enabled on the socket and contained in the +error packet are passed as control messages. +The payload of the packet causing the error is returned as normal payload. +.\" FIXME . Is it a good idea to document that? It is a dubious feature. +.\" On +.\" .B SOCK_STREAM +.\" sockets, +.\" .B IP_RECVERR +.\" has slightly different semantics. Instead of +.\" saving the errors for the next timeout, it passes all incoming +.\" errors immediately to the user. +.\" This might be useful for very short-lived TCP connections which +.\" need fast error handling. Use this option with care: +.\" it makes TCP unreliable +.\" by not allowing it to recover properly from routing +.\" shifts and other normal +.\" conditions and breaks the protocol specification. +Note that TCP has no error queue; +.B MSG_ERRQUEUE +is not permitted on +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +.B IP_RECVERR +is valid for TCP, but all errors are returned by socket function return or +.B SO_ERROR +only. +.IP +For raw sockets, +.B IP_RECVERR +enables passing of all received ICMP errors to the +application, otherwise errors are reported only on connected sockets +.IP +It sets or retrieves an integer boolean flag. +.B IP_RECVERR +defaults to off. +.TP +.BR IP_RECVOPTS " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.15 +Pass all incoming IP options to the user in a +.B IP_OPTIONS +control message. +The routing header and other options are already filled in +for the local host. +Not supported for +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR " (since Linux 2.6.29)" +.\" commit e8b2dfe9b4501ed0047459b2756ba26e5a940a69 +This boolean option enables the +.B IP_ORIGDSTADDR +ancillary message in +.BR recvmsg (2), +in which the kernel returns the original destination address +of the datagram being received. +The ancillary message contains a +.IR "struct sockaddr_in" . +Not supported for +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_RECVTOS " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.68 +If enabled, the +.B IP_TOS +ancillary message is passed with incoming packets. +It contains a byte which specifies the Type of Service/Precedence +field of the packet header. +Expects a boolean integer flag. +Not supported for +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_RECVTTL " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.68 +When this flag is set, pass a +.B IP_TTL +control message with the time-to-live +field of the received packet as a 32 bit integer. +Not supported for +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_RETOPTS " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.15 +Identical to +.BR IP_RECVOPTS , +but returns raw unprocessed options with timestamp and route record +options not filled in for this hop. +Not supported for +.B SOCK_STREAM +sockets. +.TP +.BR IP_ROUTER_ALERT " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.68 +Pass all to-be forwarded packets with the +IP Router Alert option set to this socket. +Valid only for raw sockets. +This is useful, for instance, for user-space RSVP daemons. +The tapped packets are not forwarded by the kernel; it is +the user's responsibility to send them out again. +Socket binding is ignored, +such packets are filtered only by protocol. +Expects an integer flag. +.TP +.BR IP_TOS " (since Linux 1.0)" +Set or receive the Type-Of-Service (TOS) field that is sent +with every IP packet originating from this socket. +It is used to prioritize packets on the network. +TOS is a byte. +There are some standard TOS flags defined: +.B IPTOS_LOWDELAY +to minimize delays for interactive traffic, +.B IPTOS_THROUGHPUT +to optimize throughput, +.B IPTOS_RELIABILITY +to optimize for reliability, +.B IPTOS_MINCOST +should be used for "filler data" where slow transmission doesn't matter. +At most one of these TOS values can be specified. +Other bits are invalid and shall be cleared. +Linux sends +.B IPTOS_LOWDELAY +datagrams first by default, +but the exact behavior depends on the configured queueing discipline. +.\" FIXME elaborate on this +Some high-priority levels may require superuser privileges (the +.B CAP_NET_ADMIN +capability). +.\" The priority can also be set in a protocol-independent way by the +.\" .RB ( SOL_SOCKET ", " SO_PRIORITY ) +.\" socket option (see +.\" .BR socket (7)). +.TP +.BR IP_TRANSPARENT " (since Linux 2.6.24)" +.\" commit f5715aea4564f233767ea1d944b2637a5fd7cd2e +.\" This patch introduces the IP_TRANSPARENT socket option: enabling that +.\" will make the IPv4 routing omit the non-local source address check on +.\" output. Setting IP_TRANSPARENT requires NET_ADMIN capability. +.\" http://lwn.net/Articles/252545/ +Setting this boolean option enables transparent proxying on this socket. +This socket option allows +the calling application to bind to a nonlocal IP address and operate +both as a client and a server with the foreign address as the local endpoint. +NOTE: this requires that routing be set up in a way that +packets going to the foreign address are routed through the TProxy box +(i.e., the system hosting the application that employs the +.B IP_TRANSPARENT +socket option). +Enabling this socket option requires superuser privileges +(the +.B CAP_NET_ADMIN +capability). +.IP +TProxy redirection with the iptables TPROXY target also requires that +this option be set on the redirected socket. +.TP +.BR IP_TTL " (since Linux 1.0)" +Set or retrieve the current time-to-live field that is used in every packet +sent from this socket. +.TP +.BR IP_UNBLOCK_SOURCE " (since Linux 2.4.22 / 2.5.68)" +Unblock previously blocked multicast source. +Returns +.B EADDRNOTAVAIL +when given source is not being blocked. +.IP +Argument is an +.I ip_mreq_source +structure as described under +.BR IP_ADD_SOURCE_MEMBERSHIP . +.TP +.BR SO_PEERSEC " (since Linux 2.6.17)" +If labeled IPSEC or NetLabel is configured on both the sending and +receiving hosts, this read-only socket option returns the security +context of the peer socket connected to this socket. +By default, +this will be the same as the security context of the process that created +the peer socket unless overridden by the policy or by a process with +the required permissions. +.IP +The argument to +.BR getsockopt (2) +is a pointer to a buffer of the specified length in bytes +into which the security context string will be copied. +If the buffer length is less than the length of the security +context string, then +.BR getsockopt (2) +returns \-1, sets +.I errno +to +.BR ERANGE , +and returns the required length via +.IR optlen . +The caller should allocate at least +.B NAME_MAX +bytes for the buffer initially, although this is not guaranteed +to be sufficient. +Resizing the buffer to the returned length +and retrying may be necessary. +.IP +The security context string may include a terminating null character +in the returned length, but is not guaranteed to do so: a security +context "foo" might be represented as either {'f','o','o'} of length 3 +or {'f','o','o','\\0'} of length 4, which are considered to be +interchangeable. +The string is printable, does not contain non-terminating null characters, +and is in an unspecified encoding (in particular, it +is not guaranteed to be ASCII or UTF-8). +.IP +The use of this option for sockets in the +.B AF_INET +address family is supported since Linux 2.6.17 +.\" commit 2c7946a7bf45ae86736ab3b43d0085e43947945c +for TCP sockets, and since Linux 4.17 +.\" commit d452930fd3b9031e59abfeddb2fa383f1403d61a +for SCTP sockets. +.IP +For SELinux, NetLabel conveys only the MLS portion of the security +context of the peer across the wire, defaulting the rest of the +security context to the values defined in the policy for the +netmsg initial security identifier (SID). +However, NetLabel can +be configured to pass full security contexts over loopback. +Labeled IPSEC always passes full security contexts as part of establishing +the security association (SA) and looks them up based on the association +for each packet. +.\" +.SS /proc interfaces +The IP protocol +supports a set of +.I /proc +interfaces to configure some global parameters. +The parameters can be accessed by reading or writing files in the directory +.IR /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ . +.\" FIXME As at 2.6.12, 14 Jun 2005, the following are undocumented: +.\" ip_queue_maxlen +.\" ip_conntrack_max +Interfaces described as +.I Boolean +take an integer value, with a nonzero value ("true") meaning that +the corresponding option is enabled, and a zero value ("false") +meaning that the option is disabled. +.\" +.TP +.IR ip_always_defrag " (Boolean; since Linux 2.2.13)" +[New with Linux 2.2.13; in earlier kernel versions this feature +was controlled at compile time by the +.B CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG +option; this option is not present in Linux 2.4.x and later] +.IP +When this boolean flag is enabled (not equal 0), incoming fragments +(parts of IP packets +that arose when some host between origin and destination decided +that the packets were too large and cut them into pieces) will be +reassembled (defragmented) before being processed, even if they are +about to be forwarded. +.IP +Enable only if running either a firewall that is the sole link +to your network or a transparent proxy; never ever use it for a +normal router or host. +Otherwise, fragmented communication can be disturbed +if the fragments travel over different links. +Defragmentation also has a large memory and CPU time cost. +.IP +This is automagically turned on when masquerading or transparent +proxying are configured. +.\" +.TP +.IR ip_autoconfig " (since Linux 2.2 to Linux 2.6.17)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.68 +.\" FIXME document ip_autoconfig +Not documented. +.\" +.TP +.IR ip_default_ttl " (integer; default: 64; since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.15 +Set the default time-to-live value of outgoing packets. +This can be changed per socket with the +.B IP_TTL +option. +.\" +.TP +.IR ip_dynaddr " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.0.31)" +Enable dynamic socket address and masquerading entry rewriting on interface +address change. +This is useful for dialup interface with changing IP addresses. +0 means no rewriting, 1 turns it on and 2 enables verbose mode. +.\" +.TP +.IR ip_forward " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 1.2)" +Enable IP forwarding with a boolean flag. +IP forwarding can be also set on a per-interface basis. +.\" +.TP +.IR ip_local_port_range " (since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: since Linux 2.1.68 +This file contains two integers that define the default local port range +allocated to sockets that are not explicitly bound to a port number\[em]that +is, the range used for +.IR "ephemeral ports" . +An ephemeral port is allocated to a socket in the following circumstances: +.RS +.IP \[bu] 3 +the port number in a socket address is specified as 0 when calling +.BR bind (2); +.IP \[bu] +.BR listen (2) +is called on a stream socket that was not previously bound; +.IP \[bu] +.BR connect (2) +was called on a socket that was not previously bound; +.IP \[bu] +.BR sendto (2) +is called on a datagram socket that was not previously bound. +.RE +.IP +Allocation of ephemeral ports starts with the first number in +.I ip_local_port_range +and ends with the second number. +If the range of ephemeral ports is exhausted, +then the relevant system call returns an error (but see BUGS). +.IP +Note that the port range in +.I ip_local_port_range +should not conflict with the ports used by masquerading +(although the case is handled). +Also, arbitrary choices may cause problems with some firewall packet +filters that make assumptions about the local ports in use. +The first number should be at least greater than 1024, +or better, greater than 4096, to avoid clashes +with well known ports and to minimize firewall problems. +.\" +.TP +.IR ip_no_pmtu_disc " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.2)" +.\" Precisely: 2.1.15 +If enabled, don't do Path MTU Discovery for TCP sockets by default. +Path MTU discovery may fail if misconfigured firewalls (that drop +all ICMP packets) or misconfigured interfaces (e.g., a point-to-point +link where the both ends don't agree on the MTU) are on the path. +It is better to fix the broken routers on the path than to turn off +Path MTU Discovery globally, because not doing it incurs a high cost +to the network. +.\" +.\" The following is from Linux 2.6.12: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +.TP +.IR ip_nonlocal_bind " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.4)" +.\" Precisely: patch-2.4.0-test10 +If set, allows processes to +.BR bind (2) +to nonlocal IP addresses, +which can be quite useful, but may break some applications. +.\" +.\" The following is from Linux 2.6.12: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +.TP +.IR ip6frag_time " (integer; default: 30)" +Time in seconds to keep an IPv6 fragment in memory. +.\" +.\" The following is from Linux 2.6.12: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +.TP +.IR ip6frag_secret_interval " (integer; default: 600)" +Regeneration interval (in seconds) of the hash secret (or lifetime +for the hash secret) for IPv6 fragments. +.TP +.IR ipfrag_high_thresh " (integer)" +.TQ +.IR ipfrag_low_thresh " (integer)" +If the amount of queued IP fragments reaches +.IR ipfrag_high_thresh , +the queue is pruned down to +.IR ipfrag_low_thresh . +Contains an integer with the number of bytes. +.TP +.I neigh/* +See +.BR arp (7). +.\" FIXME Document the conf/*/* interfaces +.\" +.\" FIXME Document the route/* interfaces +.SS Ioctls +All ioctls described in +.BR socket (7) +apply to +.BR ip . +.P +Ioctls to configure generic device parameters are described in +.BR netdevice (7). +.\" FIXME Add a discussion of multicasting +.SH ERRORS +.\" FIXME document all errors. +.\" We should really fix the kernels to give more uniform +.\" error returns (ENOMEM vs ENOBUFS, EPERM vs EACCES etc.) +.TP +.B EACCES +The user tried to execute an operation without the necessary permissions. +These include: +sending a packet to a broadcast address without having the +.B SO_BROADCAST +flag set; +sending a packet via a +.I prohibit +route; +modifying firewall settings without superuser privileges (the +.B CAP_NET_ADMIN +capability); +binding to a privileged port without superuser privileges (the +.B CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE +capability). +.TP +.B EADDRINUSE +Tried to bind to an address already in use. +.TP +.B EADDRNOTAVAIL +A nonexistent interface was requested or the requested source +address was not local. +.TP +.B EAGAIN +Operation on a nonblocking socket would block. +.TP +.B EALREADY +A connection operation on a nonblocking socket is already in progress. +.TP +.B ECONNABORTED +A connection was closed during an +.BR accept (2). +.TP +.B EHOSTUNREACH +No valid routing table entry matches the destination address. +This error can be caused by an ICMP message from a remote router or +for the local routing table. +.TP +.B EINVAL +Invalid argument passed. +For send operations this can be caused by sending to a +.I blackhole +route. +.TP +.B EISCONN +.BR connect (2) +was called on an already connected socket. +.TP +.B EMSGSIZE +Datagram is bigger than an MTU on the path and it cannot be fragmented. +.TP +.B ENOBUFS +.TQ +.B ENOMEM +Not enough free memory. +This often means that the memory allocation is limited by the socket +buffer limits, not by the system memory, but this is not 100% consistent. +.TP +.B ENOENT +.B SIOCGSTAMP +was called on a socket where no packet arrived. +.TP +.B ENOPKG +A kernel subsystem was not configured. +.TP +.BR ENOPROTOOPT " and " EOPNOTSUPP +Invalid socket option passed. +.TP +.B ENOTCONN +The operation is defined only on a connected socket, but the socket wasn't +connected. +.TP +.B EPERM +User doesn't have permission to set high priority, change configuration, +or send signals to the requested process or group. +.TP +.B EPIPE +The connection was unexpectedly closed or shut down by the other end. +.TP +.B ESOCKTNOSUPPORT +The socket is not configured or an unknown socket type was requested. +.P +Other errors may be generated by the overlaying protocols; see +.BR tcp (7), +.BR raw (7), +.BR udp (7), +and +.BR socket (7). +.SH NOTES +.BR IP_FREEBIND , +.BR IP_MSFILTER , +.BR IP_MTU , +.BR IP_MTU_DISCOVER , +.BR IP_RECVORIGDSTADDR , +.BR IP_PASSSEC , +.BR IP_PKTINFO , +.BR IP_RECVERR , +.BR IP_ROUTER_ALERT , +and +.B IP_TRANSPARENT +are Linux-specific. +.\" IP_XFRM_POLICY is Linux-specific +.\" IP_IPSEC_POLICY is a nonstandard extension, also present on some BSDs +.P +Be very careful with the +.B SO_BROADCAST +option \- it is not privileged in Linux. +It is easy to overload the network +with careless broadcasts. +For new application protocols +it is better to use a multicast group instead of broadcasting. +Broadcasting is discouraged. +See RFC 6762 for an example of a protocol (mDNS) +using the more modern multicast approach +to communicating with an open-ended +group of hosts on the local network. +.P +Some other BSD sockets implementations provide +.B IP_RCVDSTADDR +and +.B IP_RECVIF +socket options to get the destination address and the interface of +received datagrams. +Linux has the more general +.B IP_PKTINFO +for the same task. +.P +Some BSD sockets implementations also provide an +.B IP_RECVTTL +option, but an ancillary message with type +.B IP_RECVTTL +is passed with the incoming packet. +This is different from the +.B IP_TTL +option used in Linux. +.P +Using the +.B SOL_IP +socket options level isn't portable; BSD-based stacks use the +.B IPPROTO_IP +level. +.P +.B INADDR_ANY +(0.0.0.0) and +.B INADDR_BROADCAST +(255.255.255.255) are byte-order-neutral. +This means +.BR htonl (3) +has no effect on them. +.SS Compatibility +For compatibility with Linux 2.0, the obsolete +.BI "socket(AF_INET, SOCK_PACKET, " protocol ) +syntax is still supported to open a +.BR packet (7) +socket. +This is deprecated and should be replaced by +.BI "socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, " protocol ) +instead. +The main difference is the new +.I sockaddr_ll +address structure for generic link layer information instead of the old +.BR sockaddr_pkt . +.SH BUGS +There are too many inconsistent error values. +.P +The error used to diagnose exhaustion of the ephemeral port range differs +across the various system calls +.RB ( connect (2), +.BR bind (2), +.BR listen (2), +.BR sendto (2)) +that can assign ephemeral ports. +.P +The ioctls to configure IP-specific interface options and ARP tables are +not described. +.\" .P +.\" Some versions of glibc forget to declare +.\" .IR in_pktinfo . +.\" Workaround currently is to copy it into your program from this man page. +.P +Receiving the original destination address with +.B MSG_ERRQUEUE +in +.I msg_name +by +.BR recvmsg (2) +does not work in some Linux 2.2 kernels. +.\" .SH AUTHORS +.\" This man page was written by Andi Kleen. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR recvmsg (2), +.BR sendmsg (2), +.BR byteorder (3), +.BR capabilities (7), +.BR icmp (7), +.BR ipv6 (7), +.BR netdevice (7), +.BR netlink (7), +.BR raw (7), +.BR socket (7), +.BR tcp (7), +.BR udp (7), +.BR ip (8) +.P +The kernel source file +.IR Documentation/networking/ip\-sysctl.txt . +.P +RFC\ 791 for the original IP specification. +RFC\ 1122 for the IPv4 host requirements. +RFC\ 1812 for the IPv4 router requirements. |