ip: allow to use alternative names as handle

[mirror_iproute2.git] / ip / iplink.c

diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index bf90fad1b3ea4e5bc2fb057f104b236414d27b52..47f73988c2d58da5a7e362b2c2cc2b3afcb64186 100644 (file)
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ int iplink_parse(int argc, char **argv, struct iplink_req *req, char **type)
                                NEXT_ARG();
                        if (dev != name)
                                duparg2("dev", *argv);
-                       if (check_ifname(*argv))
+                       if (check_altifname(*argv))
                                invarg("\"dev\" not a valid ifname", *argv);
                        dev = *argv;
                }
@@ -1106,7 +1106,8 @@ int iplink_get(char *name, __u32 filt_mask)
 
        if (name) {
                addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof(req),
-                         IFLA_IFNAME, name, strlen(name) + 1);
+                         !check_ifname(name) ? IFLA_IFNAME : IFLA_ALT_IFNAME,
+                         name, strlen(name) + 1);
        }
        addattr32(&req.n, sizeof(req), IFLA_EXT_MASK, filt_mask);