[libvirt] [PATCHv2 1/2] util: allow sending mac addr to virNetNewLink without ifindex

[Laine Stump]

From: Laine Stump <laine at redhat.com>

Although until now, any use of the extra_args argument (a pointer to a
struct containing extra attributes to add the the RTM_NEWLINK message)
would always have the ifindex and mac set, so the code could assume it
was safe to add both to the message if extra_args != NULL. There is
now a use for setting a MAC address in the RTM_NEWLINK without setting
the ifindex, so we should check each of these separately.

Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine at redhat.com>
---
 src/util/virnetlink.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/virnetlink.c b/src/util/virnetlink.c
index ab41b57672..f18946061c 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetlink.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetlink.c
@@ -548,9 +548,14 @@ virNetlinkNewLink(const char *ifname,
     NETLINK_MSG_NEST_END(nl_msg, linkinfo);
 
     if (extra_args) {
-        NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_LINK,
+        if (extra_args->ifindex) {
+            NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_LINK,
                         sizeof(uint32_t), extra_args->ifindex);
-        NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_ADDRESS, VIR_MAC_BUFLEN, extra_args->mac);
+        }
+        if (extra_args->mac) {
+            NETLINK_MSG_PUT(nl_msg, IFLA_ADDRESS,
+                            VIR_MAC_BUFLEN, extra_args->mac);
+        }
     }
 
     if (virNetlinkCommand(nl_msg, &resp, &buflen, 0, 0, NETLINK_ROUTE, 0) < 0)
-- 
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