fantom@ghost:/tmp$ cat >mac.c
#include <stdio.h>

#include <string.h> /* for strncpy */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <net/if.h>

int
main()
{
 int fd;
 struct ifreq ifr;

 fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);

 ifr.ifr_addr.sa_family = AF_INET;
 strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, "eth0", IFNAMSIZ-1);

 ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr);

 close(fd);

 /* display result */
 printf("%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x:%.2x\n",
         (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[0],
         (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[1],
         (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[2],
         (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[3],
         (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[4],
         (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[5]);

 return 0;
}
^C
fantom@ghost:/tmp$ gcc -o mac ./mac.c 
fantom@ghost:/tmp$ ./mac 
6c:f0:49:5e:4d:91

/*
 *	For accept, we attempt to create a new socket, set up the link
 *	with the client, wake up the client, then return the new
 *	connected fd. We collect the address of the connector in kernel
 *	space and move it to user at the very end. This is unclean because
 *	we open the socket then return an error.
 *
 *	1003.1g adds the ability to recvmsg() to query connection pending
 *	status to recvmsg. We need to add that support in a way thats
 *	clean when we restucture accept also.
 */

asmlinkage long sys_accept4(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *upeer_sockaddr,
			    int __user *upeer_addrlen, int flags)
{
	struct socket *sock, *newsock;
	struct file *newfile;
	int err, len, newfd, fput_needed;
	struct sockaddr_storage address;

	if (flags & ~(SOCK_CLOEXEC | SOCK_NONBLOCK))
		return -EINVAL;

	if (SOCK_NONBLOCK != O_NONBLOCK && (flags & SOCK_NONBLOCK))
		flags = (flags & ~SOCK_NONBLOCK) | O_NONBLOCK;

	sock = sockfd_lookup_light(fd, &err, &fput_needed);
	if (!sock)
		goto out;

	err = -ENFILE;
	if (!(newsock = sock_alloc()))
		goto out_put;

	newsock->type = sock->type;
	newsock->ops = sock->ops;

	/*
	 * We don't need try_module_get here, as the listening socket (sock)
	 * has the protocol module (sock->ops->owner) held.
	 */
	__module_get(newsock->ops->owner);

	newfd = sock_alloc_fd(&newfile, flags & O_CLOEXEC);
	if (unlikely(newfd < 0)) {
		err = newfd;
		sock_release(newsock);
		goto out_put;
	}

	err = sock_attach_fd(newsock, newfile, flags & O_NONBLOCK);
	if (err < 0)
		goto out_fd_simple;

	err = security_socket_accept(sock, newsock);
	if (err)
		goto out_fd;

	err = sock->ops->accept(sock, newsock, sock->file->f_flags);
	if (err < 0)
		goto out_fd;

	if (upeer_sockaddr) {
		if (newsock->ops->getname(newsock, (struct sockaddr *)&address,
					  &len, 2) < 0) {
			err = -ECONNABORTED;
			goto out_fd;
		}
		err = move_addr_to_user((struct sockaddr *)&address,
					len, upeer_sockaddr, upeer_addrlen);
		if (err < 0)
			goto out_fd;
	}

	/* File flags are not inherited via accept() unlike another OSes. */

	fd_install(newfd, newfile);
	err = newfd;

	security_socket_post_accept(sock, newsock);

out_put:
	fput_light(sock->file, fput_needed);
out:
	return err;
out_fd_simple:
	sock_release(newsock);
	put_filp(newfile);
	put_unused_fd(newfd);
	goto out_put;
out_fd:
	fput(newfile);
	put_unused_fd(newfd);
	goto out_put;
}