xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/net/if_indextoname.c (revision f4b37ed0f8b307b1f3f0f630ca725d68f1dff30d)
1 /*	$KAME: if_indextoname.c,v 1.7 2000/11/08 03:09:30 itojun Exp $	*/
2 
3 /*-
4  * Copyright (c) 1997, 2000
5  *	Berkeley Software Design, Inc.  All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
9  * are met:
10  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
11  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
12  *
13  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Berkeley Software Design, Inc. ``AS IS'' AND
14  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
15  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
16  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL Berkeley Software Design, Inc. BE LIABLE
17  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
18  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
19  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
20  * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
21  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
22  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
23  * SUCH DAMAGE.
24  *
25  *	BSDI Id: if_indextoname.c,v 2.3 2000/04/17 22:38:05 dab Exp
26  */
27 
28 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
29 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
30 
31 #include <sys/types.h>
32 #include <sys/socket.h>
33 #include <net/if_dl.h>
34 #include <net/if.h>
35 #include <ifaddrs.h>
36 #include <stdlib.h>
37 #include <string.h>
38 #include <errno.h>
39 
40 /*
41  * From RFC 2533:
42  *
43  * The second function maps an interface index into its corresponding
44  * name.
45  *
46  *    #include <net/if.h>
47  *
48  *    char  *if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *ifname);
49  *
50  * The ifname argument must point to a buffer of at least IF_NAMESIZE
51  * bytes into which the interface name corresponding to the specified
52  * index is returned.  (IF_NAMESIZE is also defined in <net/if.h> and
53  * its value includes a terminating null byte at the end of the
54  * interface name.) This pointer is also the return value of the
55  * function.  If there is no interface corresponding to the specified
56  * index, NULL is returned, and errno is set to ENXIO, if there was a
57  * system error (such as running out of memory), if_indextoname returns
58  * NULL and errno would be set to the proper value (e.g., ENOMEM).
59  */
60 
61 char *
62 if_indextoname(unsigned int ifindex, char *ifname)
63 {
64 	struct ifaddrs *ifaddrs, *ifa;
65 	int error = 0;
66 
67 	if (getifaddrs(&ifaddrs) < 0)
68 		return(NULL);	/* getifaddrs properly set errno */
69 
70 	for (ifa = ifaddrs; ifa != NULL; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
71 		if (ifa->ifa_addr &&
72 		    ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == AF_LINK &&
73 		    ifindex == LLINDEX((struct sockaddr_dl*)ifa->ifa_addr))
74 			break;
75 	}
76 
77 	if (ifa == NULL) {
78 		error = ENXIO;
79 		ifname = NULL;
80 	}
81 	else
82 		strncpy(ifname, ifa->ifa_name, IFNAMSIZ);
83 
84 	freeifaddrs(ifaddrs);
85 
86 	errno = error;
87 	return(ifname);
88 }
89