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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/network/netdev/netdev.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c index 85760c741d..6c8ad1b3e9 100644 --- a/src/network/netdev/netdev.c +++ b/src/network/netdev/netdev.c @@ -662,9 +662,14 @@ static bool netdev_can_set_mtu(NetDev *netdev, uint32_t mtu) { static int netdev_create_message(NetDev *netdev, Link *link, sd_netlink_message *m) { int r; - r = sd_netlink_message_append_string(m, IFLA_IFNAME, netdev->ifname); - if (r < 0) - return r; + if (netdev->ifindex <= 0) { + /* Set interface name when it is newly created. Otherwise, the kernel older than + * bd039b5ea2a91ea707ee8539df26456bd5be80af (v6.2) will refuse the netlink message even if + * the name is unchanged. */ + r = sd_netlink_message_append_string(m, IFLA_IFNAME, netdev->ifname); + if (r < 0) + return r; + } struct hw_addr_data hw_addr; r = netdev_generate_hw_addr(netdev, link, netdev->ifname, &netdev->hw_addr, &hw_addr); |