xref: /openbsd/lib/libc/net/if_nametoindex.c (revision 864f048c)
1 /*	$OpenBSD: if_nametoindex.c,v 1.10 2015/10/23 13:09:19 claudio Exp $	*/
2 /*	$KAME: if_nametoindex.c,v 1.5 2000/11/24 08:04:40 itojun Exp $	*/
3 
4 /*-
5  * Copyright (c) 2015 Claudio Jeker <claudio@openbsd.org>
6  * Copyright (c) 1997, 2000
7  *	Berkeley Software Design, Inc.  All rights reserved.
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26  *
27  *	BSDI Id: if_nametoindex.c,v 2.3 2000/04/17 22:38:05 dab Exp
28  */
29 
30 #include <sys/types.h>
31 #include <sys/socket.h>
32 #include <net/if.h>
33 #include <stdlib.h>
34 #include <string.h>
35 #include <errno.h>
36 
37 /*
38  * From RFC 2553:
39  *
40  * 4.1 Name-to-Index
41  *
42  *
43  *    The first function maps an interface name into its corresponding
44  *    index.
45  *
46  *       #include <net/if.h>
47  *
48  *       unsigned int  if_nametoindex(const char *ifname);
49  *
50  *    If the specified interface name does not exist, the return value is
51  *    0, and errno is set to ENXIO.  If there was a system error (such as
52  *    running out of memory), the return value is 0 and errno is set to the
53  *    proper value (e.g., ENOMEM).
54  */
55 
56 unsigned int
if_nametoindex(const char * ifname)57 if_nametoindex(const char *ifname)
58 {
59 	struct if_nameindex *ifni, *ifni2;
60 	unsigned int index;
61 
62 	if ((ifni = if_nameindex()) == NULL)
63 		return(0);
64 
65 	for (ifni2 = ifni; ifni2->if_index != 0; ifni2++) {
66 		if (strcmp(ifni2->if_name, ifname) == 0) {
67 			index = ifni2->if_index;
68 			if_freenameindex(ifni);
69 			return index;
70 		}
71 	}
72 
73 	if_freenameindex(ifni);
74 	errno = ENXIO;
75 	return 0;
76 }
77 DEF_WEAK(if_nametoindex);
78