1 files changed, 1 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c
index e2b85fc7b..af9eb46f7 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/ll_map.c
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ unsigned FAST_FUNC ll_index_to_flags(int idx)
 int FAST_FUNC xll_name_to_index(const char *name)
 {
         int ret = 0;
-        int sock_fd;
 
 /* caching is not warranted - no users which repeatedly call it */
 #ifdef UNUSED
@@ -164,30 +163,8 @@ int FAST_FUNC xll_name_to_index(const char *name)
                         }
                 }
         }
-        /* We have not found the interface in our cache, but the kernel
-         * may still know about it. One reason is that we may be using
-         * module on-demand loading, which means that the kernel will
-         * load the module and make the interface exist only when
-         * we explicitely request it (check for dev_load() in net/core/dev.c).
-         * I can think of other similar scenario, but they are less common...
-         * Jean II */
 #endif
-
-        sock_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-        if (sock_fd >= 0) {
-                struct ifreq ifr;
-                int tmp;
-
-                strncpy_IFNAMSIZ(ifr.ifr_name, name);
-                ifr.ifr_ifindex = -1;
-                tmp = ioctl(sock_fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr);
-                close(sock_fd);
-                if (tmp >= 0)
-                        /* In theory, we should redump the interface list
-                         * to update our cache, this is left as an exercise
-                         * to the reader... Jean II */
-                        ret = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
-        }
+        ret = if_nametoindex(name);
 /* out:*/
         if (ret <= 0)
                 bb_error_msg_and_die("can't find device '%s'", name);