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| -rw-r--r-- | networking/libiproute/ll_map.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c index e2b85fc7b..af9eb46f7 100644 --- a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c +++ b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c @@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ unsigned FAST_FUNC ll_index_to_flags(int idx) int FAST_FUNC xll_name_to_index(const char *name) { int ret = 0; - int sock_fd; /* caching is not warranted - no users which repeatedly call it */ #ifdef UNUSED @@ -164,30 +163,8 @@ int FAST_FUNC xll_name_to_index(const char *name) } } } - /* We have not found the interface in our cache, but the kernel - * may still know about it. One reason is that we may be using - * module on-demand loading, which means that the kernel will - * load the module and make the interface exist only when - * we explicitely request it (check for dev_load() in net/core/dev.c). - * I can think of other similar scenario, but they are less common... - * Jean II */ #endif - - sock_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); - if (sock_fd >= 0) { - struct ifreq ifr; - int tmp; - - strncpy_IFNAMSIZ(ifr.ifr_name, name); - ifr.ifr_ifindex = -1; - tmp = ioctl(sock_fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr); - close(sock_fd); - if (tmp >= 0) - /* In theory, we should redump the interface list - * to update our cache, this is left as an exercise - * to the reader... Jean II */ - ret = ifr.ifr_ifindex; - } + ret = if_nametoindex(name); /* out:*/ if (ret <= 0) bb_error_msg_and_die("can't find device '%s'", name); |