[PATCH wireguard-tools v4 2/3] ipc: linux: remove user-space netdevice filtering
Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <[email protected]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:44:00 +0000
| Newsgroups | com.zx2c4.lists.wireguard |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Since the devices are now filtered kernel-side, we can remove the code for filtering in user-space. This breaks device listing for kernels earlier than Linux v4.6, device-specific commands will continue to work. Despite the subject prefix, this patch also applies to the embeddable C library, so the two implementations stay in sync. Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <[email protected]> --- contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c | 16 ++-------------- src/ipc-linux.h | 16 ++-------------- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c b/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c index 7ac0d6c..eff441b 100644 --- a/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c +++ b/contrib/embeddable-wg-library/wireguard.c @@ -892,25 +892,13 @@ static int string_list_add(struct string_list *list, const char *str) struct interface { const char *name; - bool is_wireguard; }; -static int parse_linkinfo(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data) -{ - struct interface *interface = data; - - if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_INFO_KIND && !strcmp(WG_GENL_NAME, mnl_attr_get_str(attr))) - interface->is_wireguard = true; - return MNL_CB_OK; -} - static int parse_infomsg(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data) { struct interface *interface = data; - if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_LINKINFO) - return mnl_attr_parse_nested(attr, parse_linkinfo, data); - else if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME) + if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME) interface->name = mnl_attr_get_str(attr); return MNL_CB_OK; } @@ -924,7 +912,7 @@ static int read_devices_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *data) ret = mnl_attr_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), parse_infomsg, &interface); if (ret != MNL_CB_OK) return ret; - if (interface.name && interface.is_wireguard) + if (interface.name) ret = string_list_add(list, interface.name); if (ret < 0) return ret; diff --git a/src/ipc-linux.h b/src/ipc-linux.h index c56fede..45bb55c 100644 --- a/src/ipc-linux.h +++ b/src/ipc-linux.h @@ -29,25 +29,13 @@ struct interface { const char *name; - bool is_wireguard; }; -static int parse_linkinfo(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data) -{ - struct interface *interface = data; - - if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_INFO_KIND && !strcmp(WG_GENL_NAME, mnl_attr_get_str(attr))) - interface->is_wireguard = true; - return MNL_CB_OK; -} - static int parse_infomsg(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data) { struct interface *interface = data; - if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_LINKINFO) - return mnl_attr_parse_nested(attr, parse_linkinfo, data); - else if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME) + if (mnl_attr_get_type(attr) == IFLA_IFNAME) interface->name = mnl_attr_get_str(attr); return MNL_CB_OK; } @@ -61,7 +49,7 @@ static int read_devices_cb(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *data) ret = mnl_attr_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), parse_infomsg, &interface); if (ret != MNL_CB_OK) return ret; - if (interface.name && interface.is_wireguard) + if (interface.name) ret = string_list_add(list, interface.name); if (ret < 0) return ret; -- 2.53.0