rtnl_route_get_iif always returns 0.

[Ed Slas]

I am running V 3.2.22 on an embedded linux (coldfire CPU) Kernel Version 2.6.38.

I am able to get a list of the routing table entries, but all of the 'iff''s are 0.
I call:
ret = rtnl_route_alloc_cache (
            sock,           //struct nl_sock *    sk,
            AF_INET,        //int     family,
            0,              //int     flags,
            &route_cache    //struct nl_cache **  result
        );

    nl_cache_foreach(

            route_cache,

            process_route,

            NULL);
...And....

void process_route(struct nl_object *rt, void *unused)
{
    struct rtnl_route *pst_route = (struct rtnl_route *)rt;

    unsigned char protocol = rtnl_route_get_protocol(pst_route);

    unsigned char scope = rtnl_route_get_scope(pst_route);

    unsigned int priority = rtnl_route_get_priority(pst_route);

    int iff = rtnl_route_get_iif(pst_route);
...

 

rtnl_route_get_iif returns 0 for every route. 

 

I can use the iproute2 tool "ip route show" on the same system, and it properly shows the device names. 
Any ideas on why the destination interface id's are not in the route_cache?

The IFF is an attribute in the netlink response. Is there a way to check to see if the IFF attribute was in the response?

Thanks,
Ed


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