xref: /dragonfly/lib/libc/net/if_nametoindex.c (revision 984263bc)
1 /*	$KAME: if_nametoindex.c,v 1.6 2000/11/24 08:18:54 itojun Exp $	*/
2 
3 /*-
4  * Copyright (c) 1997, 2000
5  *	Berkeley Software Design, Inc.  All rights reserved.
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24  *
25  *	BSDI Id: if_nametoindex.c,v 2.3 2000/04/17 22:38:05 dab Exp
26  */
27 
28 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
29 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/net/if_nametoindex.c,v 1.1.2.1 2002/07/29 18:33:18 ume Exp $");
30 
31 #include <sys/types.h>
32 #include <sys/socket.h>
33 #include <net/if.h>
34 #include <net/if_dl.h>
35 #include <ifaddrs.h>
36 #include <stdlib.h>
37 #include <string.h>
38 #include <errno.h>
39 
40 /*
41  * From RFC 2553:
42  *
43  * 4.1 Name-to-Index
44  *
45  *
46  *    The first function maps an interface name into its corresponding
47  *    index.
48  *
49  *       #include <net/if.h>
50  *
51  *       unsigned int  if_nametoindex(const char *ifname);
52  *
53  *    If the specified interface name does not exist, the return value is
54  *    0, and errno is set to ENXIO.  If there was a system error (such as
55  *    running out of memory), the return value is 0 and errno is set to the
56  *    proper value (e.g., ENOMEM).
57  */
58 
59 unsigned int
60 if_nametoindex(const char *ifname)
61 {
62 	struct ifaddrs *ifaddrs, *ifa;
63 	unsigned int ni;
64 
65 	if (getifaddrs(&ifaddrs) < 0)
66 		return(0);
67 
68 	ni = 0;
69 
70 	for (ifa = ifaddrs; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
71 		if (ifa->ifa_addr &&
72 		    ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK &&
73 		    strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, ifname) == 0) {
74 			ni = ((struct sockaddr_dl*)ifa->ifa_addr)->sdl_index;
75 			break;
76 		}
77 	}
78 
79 	freeifaddrs(ifaddrs);
80 	if (!ni)
81 		errno = ENXIO;
82 	return(ni);
83 }
84