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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
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+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h
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+#ifndef __LINUX_IF_ADDR_H
+#define __LINUX_IF_ADDR_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/netlink.h>
+
+struct ifaddrmsg {
+	__u8		ifa_family;
+	__u8		ifa_prefixlen;	/* The prefix length		*/
+	__u8		ifa_flags;	/* Flags			*/
+	__u8		ifa_scope;	/* Address scope		*/
+	__u32		ifa_index;	/* Link index			*/
+};
+
+/*
+ * Important comment:
+ * IFA_ADDRESS is prefix address, rather than local interface address.
+ * It makes no difference for normally configured broadcast interfaces,
+ * but for point-to-point IFA_ADDRESS is DESTINATION address,
+ * local address is supplied in IFA_LOCAL attribute.
+ *
+ * IFA_FLAGS is a u32 attribute that extends the u8 field ifa_flags.
+ * If present, the value from struct ifaddrmsg will be ignored.
+ */
+enum {
+	IFA_UNSPEC,
+	IFA_ADDRESS,
+	IFA_LOCAL,
+	IFA_LABEL,
+	IFA_BROADCAST,
+	IFA_ANYCAST,
+	IFA_CACHEINFO,
+	IFA_MULTICAST,
+	IFA_FLAGS,
+	__IFA_MAX,
+};
+
+#define IFA_MAX (__IFA_MAX - 1)
+
+/* ifa_flags */
+#define IFA_F_SECONDARY		0x01
+#define IFA_F_TEMPORARY		IFA_F_SECONDARY
+
+#define	IFA_F_NODAD		0x02
+#define IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC	0x04
+#define IFA_F_DADFAILED		0x08
+#define	IFA_F_HOMEADDRESS	0x10
+#define IFA_F_DEPRECATED	0x20
+#define IFA_F_TENTATIVE		0x40
+#define IFA_F_PERMANENT		0x80
+#define IFA_F_MANAGETEMPADDR	0x100
+#define IFA_F_NOPREFIXROUTE	0x200
+#define IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN	0x400
+#define IFA_F_STABLE_PRIVACY	0x800
+
+struct ifa_cacheinfo {
+	__u32	ifa_prefered;
+	__u32	ifa_valid;
+	__u32	cstamp; /* created timestamp, hundredths of seconds */
+	__u32	tstamp; /* updated timestamp, hundredths of seconds */
+};
+
+/* backwards compatibility for userspace */
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#define IFA_RTA(r)  ((struct rtattr*)(((char*)(r)) + NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg))))
+#define IFA_PAYLOAD(n) NLMSG_PAYLOAD(n,sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg))
+#endif
+
+#endif