Port System.Net.NetworkInformation to SunOS

[gwr]

Use PF_LINK on SunOS
getifaddrs on illumos needs -lsocket -lnsl
Get MTU for IF_LINK in SystemNative_GetNetworkInterfaces Add NetworkInterface support files for SunOS

Test passes: System.Net.NetworkInformation.Functional.Tests
System.Net.NetworkInformation.Functional.Tests
Total: 239, Errors: 0, Failed: 20, Skipped: 1, Time: 2.088s

This PR should replace #124728

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Pull request overview

This PR ports portions of System.Net.NetworkInformation to SunOS (Solaris/illumos) by enabling interface enumeration via getifaddrs, preferring AF_LINK/PF_LINK over AF_PACKET, and wiring up SunOS-specific managed and native build plumbing.

Changes:

• Update native configuration/build logic for SunOS (CMake, address family mapping, interface MTU for AF_LINK).
• Add SunOS-specific managed implementations for NetworkInterfacePal / IPGlobalPropertiesPal and related types.
• Remove UnsupportedOSPlatform annotations for illumos/solaris on NetworkInterface / IPGlobalProperties.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 18 out of 18 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

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File	Description
src/native/libs/configure.cmake	Adjusts configure-time linking for getifaddrs on SunOS.
src/native/libs/System.Native/CMakeLists.txt	Adds SunOS-native source selection (incl. SunOS network statistics stub).
src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_networkstatistics_sunos.c	Introduces SunOS stubbed network statistics entrypoints.
src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_networking.h	Adds PAL AF_LINK address family constant.
src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_networking.c	Adds AF_LINK conversions between platform and PAL.
src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_maphardwaretype.c	Avoids AF_PACKET on SunOS to prevent private-header dependencies.
src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_interfaceaddresses.c	Prefers AF_LINK, skips invalid alias indices, and fetches MTU for AF_LINK.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/NetworkInterface.cs	Removes illumos/solaris unsupported annotations.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/IPGlobalProperties.cs	Removes illumos/solaris unsupported annotations.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/NetworkInterfacePal.SunOS.cs	Implements NetworkInterfacePal for SunOS via getifaddrs interop.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSNetworkInterface.cs	Adds SunOS UnixNetworkInterface implementation.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSIPInterfaceProperties.cs	Adds SunOS IP interface properties type.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSIPv4InterfaceProperties.cs	Adds SunOS IPv4 properties (mostly unsupported beyond MTU).
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSIPv6InterfaceProperties.cs	Adds SunOS IPv6 properties (scope ID + MTU).
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/IPGlobalPropertiesPal.SunOS.cs	Wires SunOS IPGlobalPropertiesPal.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSIPGlobalProperties.cs	Adds SunOS global properties implementation (currently throws for most APIs).
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSIPGlobalStatistics.cs	Adds SunOS minimal global statistics implementation.
src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System.Net.NetworkInformation.csproj	Includes SunOS-specific managed sources for illumos/solaris.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (5)

src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System.Net.NetworkInformation.csproj:221

• Spelling in the comment: "uisng" should be "using".

 <Compile Include="System\Net\NetworkInformation\NetworkAddressChange.UnknownUnix.cs" />
<!-- Could port NetworkAddressChange.Android.cs uisng a PF_ROUTE socket -->
</ItemGroup>

src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSNetworkInterface.cs:123

• Spelling in comments: "iplement" should be "implement".

 // Future: iplement via kstats
public override IPInterfaceStatistics GetIPStatistics()
=> throw new PlatformNotSupportedException(SR.net_InformationUnavailableOnPlatform);
// Future: iplement via kstats

src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSNetworkInterface.cs:132

• Spelling in comments: "iplement" should be "implement".

 // Future: iplement via kstats
// Just return zero for now.

src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSNetworkInterface.cs:6

• Spelling: "Eveything" should be "Everything" in the file header comment.

// Similar to the BSD and Linux code in use of getifaddrs()
// Eveything else is different (properties and statistics via kstats)

src/native/libs/System.Native/pal_interfaceaddresses.c:476

• There are tab characters in this block (notably the closing brace indentation and the #endif comment alignment). Repo-wide .editorconfig specifies indent_style = space, so these should be converted to spaces to match formatting conventions.

 if (ioctl(socketfd, SIOCGIFMTU, &ifr) == 0)
{
nii->Mtu = ifr.ifr_mtu;
}
}

[am11]

Failed: 20

Use SkipOnPlatform attribute (#124728 (comment)) and bring this count to 0. Those 20 should either be Skipped if the functionality is conclusively unsupported (underlying OS doesn't provide the info) or Passed (functionality is missing; in which case implement or add TODO in a reason message if it's something we need to tackle later).

[gwr]

Failed: 20

Use SkipOnPlatform attribute ([#124728 (comment)]

Thanks. Working on that.

[gwr]

Added SkipOnPlatform lines. Now I see:

=== TEST EXECUTION SUMMARY ===
System.Net.NetworkInformation.Functional.Tests Total: 219, Errors: 0, Failed: 0, Skipped: 1, Time: 1.899s
/tank/ws/dotnet/runtime/test-netinfo
----- end March 2, 2026 at 07:24:10 PM EST ----- exit code 0 ----------------------------------------------------------
exit code 0 means Exited Successfully

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Pull request overview

Copilot reviewed 25 out of 25 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)

src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSNetworkInterface.cs:66

• The local variable is named lni (LinuxNetworkInterface) in a SunOS-specific implementation, which makes the code harder to read/maintain. Rename it (and the matching TryGetValue out var below) to something SunOS-appropriate like sni or sunOsNi.

 {
var lni = new SunOSNetworkInterface(Utf8StringMarshaller.ConvertToManaged(nii->Name)!, nii->InterfaceIndex);
lni._interfaceType = (NetworkInterfaceType)nii->HardwareType;
lni._speed = nii->Speed; // Note: not filled in (-1)

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Copilot reviewed 25 out of 25 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

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src/libraries/System.Net.NetworkInformation/src/System/Net/NetworkInformation/SunOSNetworkInterface.cs:69

• The local variable name lni in SunOSNetworkInterface is a copy/paste artifact (it reads like "LinuxNetworkInterface") and makes the code harder to follow on this platform. Rename it (and the corresponding out-var) to something SunOS-specific like sni to avoid confusion.

 var lni = new SunOSNetworkInterface(Utf8StringMarshaller.ConvertToManaged(nii->Name)!, nii->InterfaceIndex);
lni._interfaceType = (NetworkInterfaceType)nii->HardwareType;
lni._speed = nii->Speed; // Note: not filled in (-1)
lni._operationalStatus = (OperationalStatus)nii->OperationalState;
lni._mtu = nii->Mtu;
lni._supportsMulticast = nii->SupportsMulticast != 0;

[am11]

@dotnet/ncl, I have added No Merge label as this is not a complete port. I suggest we shouldn't take incomplete changes which are more meaningless than saying NotSupported assembly as we have in main.

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Copilot reviewed 25 out of 25 changed files in this pull request and generated no new comments.

[gwr]

@dotnet/ncl, I have added No Merge label as this is not a complete port. I suggest we shouldn't take incomplete changes which are more meaningless than saying NotSupported assembly as we have in main.

Can you offer a list of what would be needed to let this be considered "complete"?

Would you rather see something like #124728 until this network interface work can do more than show you the local interfaces etc?

[am11]

what would be needed to let this be considered "complete"?

By implementing the functionality.. All currently failing (skipped) tests that are not skipped on FreeBSD should be passing for this PR to be considered complete port. If something is not available on the OS, we need to understand and decide whether to throw NotSupportedException, return some sentinel/default value or some such. We can't just mislabel stuff and move on like you did in 03882c1. You cannot just reason "Not supported on SunOS" on something like NetworkAddressChanged_AddRemove_Success which is probably the most basic API in this entire namespace!

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