Add name_to_index() & index_to_name()
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This adds the
name_to_index()andindex_to_name()methods. They are basically wrappers around ioctl calls described here. The relevant code in glibc can be found here forname_to_index()and here forindex_to_name().The tests pass locally but I'm not sure whether
loand/sys/class/net/lo/ifindexare universal enough to consider them acceptable for tests.