network/netdev: do not try to update if not supported

Some netdevs cannot update there properties after created. Let's skip requests in that case.
2024-11-14 10:17:19 +09:00
parent f264cd2037
commit 422b7c857c
9 changed files with 32 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ typedef struct NetDevVTable {

        /* When assigning ifindex to the netdev, skip to check if the netdev kind matches. */
        bool skip_netdev_kind_check;
+
+        /* Provides if the netdev can be updated, that is, whether RTM_NEWLINK with existing ifindex is supported or not.
+         * If this is true, the netdev does not support updating. */
+        bool keep_existing;
 } NetDevVTable;

 extern const NetDevVTable * const netdev_vtable[_NETDEV_KIND_MAX];