+/**
+ * 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;
+}
+