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diff --git a/man7/socket.7 b/man7/socket.7 index bc8a8f4de0..60dca152fc 100644 --- a/man7/socket.7 +++ b/man7/socket.7 @@ -307,6 +307,13 @@ sockets. It is not supported for packet sockets (use normal .BR bind (2) there). + +This option is available for getting since Linux 3.8. The option +length should contain the buffer size to receive the device name +and is recommended to be +.BR IFNAMSZ +bytes. The real device name length is reported back in the option +length argument. .TP .B SO_BROADCAST Set or get the broadcast flag. |