xref: /openbsd-src/lib/libc/net/if_nametoindex.c (revision 864f048c25c0b067398902f7efb4f016b8120bd6)

/*	$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.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Berkeley Software Design, Inc. ``AS IS'' AND
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 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL Berkeley Software Design, Inc. BE LIABLE
 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 *
 *	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);