net/mlx5: use Netlink to add/remove MAC addresses

[dpdk.git] / drivers / net / mlx5 / mlx5_ethdev.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
index 982d821..19bf4d4 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
@@ -177,6 +177,33 @@ try_dev_id:
        return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the interface index from device name.
+ *
+ * @param[in] dev
+ *   Pointer to Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   Interface index on success, a negative errno value otherwise and
+ *   rte_errno is set.
+ */
+int
+mlx5_ifindex(const struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+       char ifname[IF_NAMESIZE];
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = mlx5_get_ifname(dev, &ifname);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+       ret = if_nametoindex(ifname);
+       if (ret == -1) {
+               rte_errno = errno;
+               return -rte_errno;
+       }
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * Perform ifreq ioctl() on associated Ethernet device.
  *