vrrp: automatic creation of macvlan address.

whenever a vrrp instance is created, we will have a macvlan interface created that will handle the requests that are incoming. Signed-off-by: Paul Wekesa <[email protected]>
holo-routing · Sep 17, 2024 · 080f395 · 080f395
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commit 080f395
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 6 deletions.
diff --git a/holo-interface/src/netlink.rs b/holo-interface/src/netlink.rs
@@ -244,20 +244,19 @@ pub(crate) async fn vlan_create(
 pub(crate) async fn macvlan_create(
     handle: &Handle,
     name: String,
-    _mac_address: Option<[u8; 6]>,
+    mac_address: Option<[u8; 6]>,
     parent_ifindex: u32,
 ) {
     // Create netlink request
-    let request = handle.link().add().macvlan(
+    let mut request = handle.link().add().macvlan(
         name.clone(),
         parent_ifindex,
         MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE,
     );
 
-    // will be uncommented on upgrade of rtnetlink
-    //if Some(address) = mac_address {
-    //    request.address(address);
-    //}
+    if let Some(address) = mac_address {
+        request = request.address(address.to_vec());
+    }
 
     // Execute request.
     if let Err(error) = request.execute().await {