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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +/* + * Copyright 2011 Daniel Drown + * + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + * You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + * + * mtu.c - get interface mtu + */ + +#include <string.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <sys/types.h> +#include <sys/socket.h> +#include <sys/ioctl.h> +#include <net/if.h> + +#include "mtu.h" + +/* function: getifmtu + * returns the interface mtu or -1 on failure + * ifname - interface name + */ +int getifmtu(const char *ifname) { + int fd; + struct ifreq if_mtu; + + fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0); + if(fd < 0) { + return -1; + } + strncpy(if_mtu.ifr_name, ifname, IFNAMSIZ); + if_mtu.ifr_name[IFNAMSIZ - 1] = '\0'; + if(ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFMTU, &if_mtu) < 0) { + return -1; + } + return if_mtu.ifr_mtu; +} |