+/**
+ * Determine if a network interface is NetVSC.
+ *
+ * @param[in] iface
+ * Pointer to netdevice description structure (name and index).
+ *
+ * @return
+ * A nonzero value when interface is detected as NetVSC. In case of error,
+ * rte_errno is updated and 0 returned.
+ */
+static int
+vdev_netvsc_iface_is_netvsc(const struct if_nameindex *iface)
+{
+ static const char temp[] = "/sys/class/net/%s/device/class_id";
+ char path[sizeof(temp) + IF_NAMESIZE];
+ FILE *f;
+ int ret;
+ int len = 0;
+
+ ret = snprintf(path, sizeof(path), temp, iface->if_name);
+ if (ret == -1 || (size_t)ret >= sizeof(path)) {
+ rte_errno = ENOBUFS;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ f = fopen(path, "r");
+ if (!f) {
+ rte_errno = errno;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ ret = fscanf(f, NETVSC_CLASS_ID "%n", &len);
+ if (ret == EOF)
+ rte_errno = errno;
+ ret = len == (int)strlen(NETVSC_CLASS_ID);
+ fclose(f);
+ return ret;
+}
+