commit c71a164fb3abbce177cb2692e25ebc54e0156d5a (refs/remotes/origin/getindex)
Author: Коренберг ☢️  Марк <mark@ideco.ru>
Date:   Thu May 13 15:43:14 2021 +0500

    ip: "ip link get dev if%u" now works

diff --git a/ip/ip_common.h b/ip/ip_common.h
index 9a31e837..1eb40a1e 100644
--- a/ip/ip_common.h
+++ b/ip/ip_common.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int do_seg6(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_ipnh(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_mptcp(int argc, char **argv);
 
-int iplink_get(char *name, __u32 filt_mask);
+int iplink_get(unsigned ifindex, __u32 filt_mask);
 int iplink_ifla_xstats(int argc, char **argv);
 
 int ip_link_list(req_filter_fn_t filter_fn, struct nlmsg_chain *linfo);
diff --git a/ip/ipaddress.c b/ip/ipaddress.c
index 0bbcee2b..9be6ea4d 100644
--- a/ip/ipaddress.c
+++ b/ip/ipaddress.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -2111,7 +2112,8 @@ static int ipaddr_list_flush_or_save(int argc, char **argv, int action)
 	 * the link device
 	 */
 	if (filter_dev && filter.group == -1 && do_link == 1) {
-		if (iplink_get(filter_dev, RTEXT_FILTER_VF) < 0) {
+		assert(filter.ifindex);
+		if (iplink_get(filter.ifindex, RTEXT_FILTER_VF) < 0) {
 			perror("Cannot send link get request");
 			delete_json_obj();
 			exit(1);
diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index 27c9be44..43272c6b 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -1101,21 +1101,17 @@ static int iplink_modify(int cmd, unsigned int flags, int argc, char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int iplink_get(char *name, __u32 filt_mask)
+int iplink_get(unsigned ifindex, __u32 filt_mask)
 {
 	struct iplink_req req = {
 		.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg)),
 		.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_REQUEST,
 		.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_GETLINK,
 		.i.ifi_family = preferred_family,
+		.i.ifi_index = ifindex,
 	};
 	struct nlmsghdr *answer;
 
-	if (name) {
-		addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof(req),
-			  !check_ifname(name) ? IFLA_IFNAME : IFLA_ALT_IFNAME,
-			  name, strlen(name) + 1);
-	}
 	addattr32(&req.n, sizeof(req), IFLA_EXT_MASK, filt_mask);
 
 	if (rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, &answer) < 0)