the return value is unsigned, so negative results for "errors" do not make sense; 0 is the value reserved for when the interface name does not exist.
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ unsigned if_nametoindex(const char *name)
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, name, sizeof ifr.ifr_name);
r = ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr);
__syscall(SYS_close, fd);
- return r < 0 ? r : ifr.ifr_ifindex;
+ return r < 0 ? 0 : ifr.ifr_ifindex;
}