sctp_getladdrs() Function

The sctp_getladdrs() function returns all locally bound addresses on a socket. The syntax for the sctp_getladdrs() function is as follows:

int sctp_getladdrs(sock, id, **addrs);
int sock, sctp_assoc_t id, void **addrs;

When the sctp_getladdrs() function returns successfully, the value of addrs points to a dynamically allocated packed array of sockaddr structures. The sockaddr structures are of the appropriate type for each local address. The calling application uses the sctp_freeladdrs() function to free the memory. The value of the addrs parameter must not be NULL.

If the socket referenced by the sd parameter is an IPv4 socket, the sctp_getladdrs() function returns IPv4 addresses. If the socket referenced by the sd parameter is an IPv6 socket, the sctp_getladdrs() function returns a mix of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses as appropriate.

When the sctp_getladdrs() function is invoked for a one-to-many sockets model, the value of the id parameter specifies the association to query. The sctp_getladdrs() function ignores the id parameter when the function is operating on a one-to-one socket.

When the value of the id parameter is zero, the sctp_getladdrs() function returns locally bound addresses without regard to any particular association. When the sctp_getladdrs() function returns successfully, it reports the number of local addresses bound to the socket. If the socket is unbound, the sctp_getladdrs() function returns 0 and the value of *addrs is undefined. If an error occurs, the sctp_getladdrs() function returns -1 and the value of *addrs is undefined.