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-rw-r--r--iwinfo_nl80211.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/iwinfo_nl80211.c b/iwinfo_nl80211.c
index 50b1ab4..545c56c 100644
--- a/iwinfo_nl80211.c
+++ b/iwinfo_nl80211.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
* Parts of this code are derived from the Linux iw utility.
*/
+#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <glob.h>
#include <fnmatch.h>
@@ -411,6 +412,15 @@ out:
return idx;
}
+static bool nl80211_is_ifname(const char *name)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+ char buffer[PATH_MAX];
+
+ snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "/sys/class/net/%s", name);
+ return !lstat(buffer, &st);
+}
+
static struct nl80211_msg_conveyor * nl80211_msg(const char *ifname,
int cmd, int flags)
{
@@ -426,10 +436,10 @@ static struct nl80211_msg_conveyor * nl80211_msg(const char *ifname,
if (!strncmp(ifname, "mon.", 4))
ifidx = if_nametoindex(&ifname[4]);
- else
+ else if (nl80211_is_ifname(ifname))
ifidx = if_nametoindex(ifname);
-
- if (!ifidx) {
+ else
+ {
phyidx = nl80211_phy_idx_from_phy(ifname);
if (phyidx < 0)
phyidx = nl80211_phy_idx_from_uci(ifname);