[PATCH net-next 2/3] netlink: specs: rt-addr: document AF_PACKET multicast dumps
From: Yuyang Huang
Date: Sat Sep 05 2026 - 05:44:09 EST
Mention that ifa-family AF_PACKET dumps link-layer multicast addresses
and what the permanent flag means for them.
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <sigefriedhyy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml
index 0ecbd24c890c..2a2310cb0df0 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml
@@ -168,7 +168,12 @@ operations:
attributes: *ifaddr-all
-
name: getmulticast
- doc: Get / dump IPv4/IPv6 multicast addresses.
+ doc: |
+ Get / dump multicast addresses. ifa-family selects the address
+ family: AF_INET or AF_INET6 for the IP multicast groups joined on
+ a device, AF_PACKET for the link-layer multicast addresses in the
+ device filter. Link-layer entries added with SIOCADDMULTI are
+ reported with the permanent flag set.
attribute-set: addr-attrs
fixed-header: ifaddrmsg
do:
--
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