Add loopback as a type for getInterfacesIPadresses().

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Vyatta/Misc.pm b/lib/Vyatta/Misc.pm
index 0c00b7e..fad3eb2 100755
--- a/lib/Vyatta/Misc.pm
+++ b/lib/Vyatta/Misc.pm
@@ -127,11 +127,12 @@ my %type_hash = (
     'broadcast'	   => 'is_broadcast',
     'multicast'	   => 'is_multicast',
     'pointtopoint' => 'is_pointtopoint',
+    'loopback'     => 'is_loopback',
 );
 
 # getInterfacesIPadresses() returns IPv4 addresses for the interface type
-# possible type of interfaces : 'broadcast', 'pointopoint', 'multicast', 'all'
-# the loopback IP address is never returned with any of the above parameters
+# possible type of interfaces : 'broadcast', 'pointtopoint', 'multicast', 'all'
+# and 'loopback'
 sub getInterfacesIPadresses {
     my $type = shift;
     my $type_func;
diff --git a/tests/interface.pl b/tests/interface.pl
index 86ec96e..9ebeb60 100644
--- a/tests/interface.pl
+++ b/tests/interface.pl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ my @interfaces = getInterfaces();
 print "Interfaces: ", join(' ',@interfaces),"\n";
 
 print "IP\n";
-foreach my $type (qw/all broadcast multicast pointtopoint/) {
+foreach my $type (qw/all broadcast multicast pointtopoint loopback/) {
     print "\t$type = ";
     foreach my $addr (Vyatta::Misc::getInterfacesIPadresses($type)) {
 	print $addr, '(', is_ip_v4_or_v6($addr), ') ';