xref: /openbsd/lib/libc/net/if_nametoindex.c (revision 404b540a)
1 /*	$OpenBSD: if_nametoindex.c,v 1.8 2002/03/07 22:40:23 millert Exp $	*/
2 /*	$KAME: if_nametoindex.c,v 1.5 2000/11/24 08:04:40 itojun Exp $	*/
3 
4 /*-
5  * Copyright (c) 1997, 2000
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25  *
26  *	BSDI Id: if_nametoindex.c,v 2.3 2000/04/17 22:38:05 dab Exp
27  */
28 
29 #include <sys/types.h>
30 #include <sys/socket.h>
31 #include <net/if.h>
32 #include <net/if_dl.h>
33 #include <ifaddrs.h>
34 #include <stdlib.h>
35 #include <string.h>
36 #include <errno.h>
37 
38 /*
39  * From RFC 2553:
40  *
41  * 4.1 Name-to-Index
42  *
43  *
44  *    The first function maps an interface name into its corresponding
45  *    index.
46  *
47  *       #include <net/if.h>
48  *
49  *       unsigned int  if_nametoindex(const char *ifname);
50  *
51  *    If the specified interface name does not exist, the return value is
52  *    0, and errno is set to ENXIO.  If there was a system error (such as
53  *    running out of memory), the return value is 0 and errno is set to the
54  *    proper value (e.g., ENOMEM).
55  */
56 
57 unsigned int
58 if_nametoindex(const char *ifname)
59 {
60 	struct ifaddrs *ifaddrs, *ifa;
61 	unsigned int ni;
62 
63 	if (getifaddrs(&ifaddrs) < 0)
64 		return(0);
65 
66 	ni = 0;
67 
68 	for (ifa = ifaddrs; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
69 		if (ifa->ifa_addr &&
70 		    ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK &&
71 		    strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, ifname) == 0) {
72 			ni = ((struct sockaddr_dl*)ifa->ifa_addr)->sdl_index;
73 			break;
74 		}
75 	}
76 
77 	freeifaddrs(ifaddrs);
78 	if (!ni)
79 		errno = ENXIO;
80 	return(ni);
81 }
82