- r = sd_rtnl_message_new_addr(rtnl, RTM_NEWADDR, if_loopback, AF_INET, &ipv4);
- if (r < 0)
- return r;
-
- r = sd_rtnl_message_addr_set_prefixlen(ipv4, 8);
- if (r < 0)
- return r;
-
- r = sd_rtnl_message_addr_set_flags(ipv4, IFA_F_PERMANENT);
- if (r < 0)
- return r;
-
- r = sd_rtnl_message_addr_set_scope(ipv4, RT_SCOPE_HOST);
- if (r < 0)
- return r;
-
- r = sd_rtnl_message_append_in_addr(ipv4, IFA_LOCAL, ipv4_address);
- if (r < 0)
- return r;
-
- r = sd_rtnl_call_async(rtnl, ipv4, &pipe_handler, counter, 0, NULL);
+ r = sd_rtnl_message_new_link(rtnl, &req, RTM_SETLINK, LOOPBACK_IFINDEX);