[tor-commits] [tor/master] Update comments in get_interface_addresses_ioctl

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit 878b5738c25bf378f7e9a801eca623af2abde2b1
Author: teor (Tim Wilson-Brown) <teor2345 at gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 18 23:30:25 2015 +1100

    Update comments in get_interface_addresses_ioctl
    
    Comment-only change noting platforms that can return IPv6
    addresses from SIOCGIFCONF (or SIOCGLIFCONF).
---
 src/common/address.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/common/address.c b/src/common/address.c
index cfa8fd1..aef229b 100644
--- a/src/common/address.c
+++ b/src/common/address.c
@@ -1469,7 +1469,8 @@ get_interface_addresses_ioctl(int severity)
   int fd;
   smartlist_t *result = NULL;
 
-  /* This interface, AFAICT, only supports AF_INET addresses */
+  /* This interface, AFAICT, only supports AF_INET addresses,
+   * except on AIX. For Solaris, we could use SIOCGLIFCONF. */
   fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
   if (fd < 0) {
     tor_log(severity, LD_NET, "socket failed: %s", strerror(errno));