root/lib/libc/net/if_nametoindex.c
/*      $OpenBSD: if_nametoindex.c,v 1.10 2015/10/23 13:09:19 claudio Exp $     */
/*      $KAME: if_nametoindex.c,v 1.5 2000/11/24 08:04:40 itojun Exp $  */

/*-
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Claudio Jeker <claudio@openbsd.org>
 * Copyright (c) 1997, 2000
 *      Berkeley Software Design, Inc.  All rights reserved.
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 *      BSDI Id: if_nametoindex.c,v 2.3 2000/04/17 22:38:05 dab Exp
 */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>

/*
 * From RFC 2553:
 *
 * 4.1 Name-to-Index
 *
 *
 *    The first function maps an interface name into its corresponding
 *    index.
 *
 *       #include <net/if.h>
 *
 *       unsigned int  if_nametoindex(const char *ifname);
 *
 *    If the specified interface name does not exist, the return value is
 *    0, and errno is set to ENXIO.  If there was a system error (such as
 *    running out of memory), the return value is 0 and errno is set to the
 *    proper value (e.g., ENOMEM).
 */

unsigned int
if_nametoindex(const char *ifname)
{
        struct if_nameindex *ifni, *ifni2;
        unsigned int index;

        if ((ifni = if_nameindex()) == NULL)
                return(0);

        for (ifni2 = ifni; ifni2->if_index != 0; ifni2++) {
                if (strcmp(ifni2->if_name, ifname) == 0) {
                        index = ifni2->if_index;
                        if_freenameindex(ifni);
                        return index;
                }
        }

        if_freenameindex(ifni);
        errno = ENXIO;
        return 0;
}
DEF_WEAK(if_nametoindex);