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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/route/link.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/route/link.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/route/link.c b/lib/route/link.c index 7a53532..0b3238f 100644 --- a/lib/route/link.c +++ b/lib/route/link.c @@ -1160,6 +1160,11 @@ nla_put_failure: * pointer or -NLE_OBJ_NOTFOUND is returned if no matching link was * found. * + * Older kernels do not support lookup by name. In that case, libnl + * will fail with -NLE_OPNOTSUPP. Note that previous version of libnl + * failed in this case with -NLE_INVAL. You can check libnl behavior + * using NL_CAPABILITY_ROUTE_LINK_GET_KERNEL_FAIL_OPNOTSUPP capability. + * * @route_doc{link_direct_lookup, Lookup Single Link (Direct Lookup)} * @return 0 on success or a negative error code. */ @@ -1169,6 +1174,7 @@ int rtnl_link_get_kernel(struct nl_sock *sk, int ifindex, const char *name, struct nl_msg *msg = NULL; struct nl_object *obj; int err; + int syserr; if ((err = rtnl_link_build_get_request(ifindex, name, &msg)) < 0) return err; @@ -1178,8 +1184,18 @@ int rtnl_link_get_kernel(struct nl_sock *sk, int ifindex, const char *name, if (err < 0) return err; - if ((err = nl_pickup(sk, link_msg_parser, &obj)) < 0) + if ((err = nl_pickup_keep_syserr(sk, link_msg_parser, &obj, &syserr)) < 0) { + if (syserr == -EINVAL && + ifindex <= 0 && + name && *name) { + /* Older kernels do not support lookup by ifname. This was added + * by commit kernel a3d1289126e7b14307074b76bf1677015ea5036f . + * Detect this error case and return NLE_OPNOTSUPP instead of + * NLE_INVAL. */ + return -NLE_OPNOTSUPP; + } return err; + } /* We have used link_msg_parser(), object is definitely a link */ *result = (struct rtnl_link *) obj; |