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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml index 076e50cd10..947e4d4560 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml @@ -897,6 +897,32 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code> <seealso marker="file#native_name_encoding/0"><c>file:native_name_encoding/0</c></seealso>.</p></item> </list> </item> + <tag><c>{bind_to_device, Ifname :: binary()}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Binds a socket to a specific network interface. This option + must be used in a function call that creates a socket, that is, + <seealso marker="gen_tcp#connect/3"><c>gen_tcp:connect/3,4</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_tcp#listen/2"><c>gen_tcp:listen/2</c></seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_udp#open/1"><c>gen_udp:open/1,2</c></seealso>, or + <seealso marker="gen_sctp#open/0"><c>gen_sctp:open/0,1,2</c></seealso>.</p> + <p>Unlike <seealso marker="#getifaddrs/0"><c>getifaddrs/0</c></seealso>, Ifname + is encoded a binary. In the unlikely case that a system is using + non-7-bit-ASCII characters in network device names, special care + has to be taken when encoding this argument.</p> + <p>This option uses the Linux-specific socket option + <c>SO_BINDTODEVICE</c>, such as in Linux kernel 2.0.30 or later, + and therefore only exists when the runtime system + is compiled for such an operating system.</p> + <p>Before Linux 3.8, this socket option could be set, but could not retrieved + with <seealso marker="#getopts/2"><c>getopts/2</c></seealso>. Since Linux 3.8, + it is readable.</p> + <p>The virtual machine also needs elevated privileges, either + running as superuser or (for Linux) having capability + <c>CAP_NET_RAW</c>.</p> + <p>The primary use case for this option is to bind sockets into + <url href="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/vrf.txt">Linux VRF instances</url>. + </p> + </item> <tag><c>list</c></tag> <item> <p>Received <c>Packet</c> is delivered as a list.</p> |