Using sendmsg() it is possible to specify from which interface a datagram will be sent, if a value is set for in_pktinfo.ipi_ifindex.
If the packet is a response to a datagram received with recvmsg() I can get the interface value from there.
If I just know that the interface if ‘eth0’ or ‘eno1′, how can I look up the corresponding `in_pktinfo.ipi_ifindex’ value?
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Answer
Use if_nametoindex() to convert the interface name to an index.
if_indextoname() does the reverse.