- }
- }
-
- if (netdev->mac) {
- r = sd_rtnl_message_append_ether_addr(req, IFLA_ADDRESS, netdev->mac);
- if (r < 0) {
- log_error_netdev(netdev,
- "Colud not append IFLA_ADDRESS attribute: %s",
- strerror(-r));
- return r;
- }
- }
-
- r = sd_rtnl_message_open_container(req, IFLA_LINKINFO);
- if (r < 0) {
- log_error_netdev(netdev,
- "Could not open IFLA_LINKINFO container: %s",
- strerror(-r));
- return r;
- }
-
- kind = netdev_kind_to_string(netdev->kind);
- if (!kind) {
- log_error_netdev(netdev, "Invalid kind");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
- r = sd_rtnl_message_open_container_union(req, IFLA_INFO_DATA, kind);
- if (r < 0) {
- log_error_netdev(netdev,
- "Could not open IFLA_INFO_DATA container: %s",
- strerror(-r));
- return r;
- }
+ } else {
+ /* the netdev is not yet read, save this request for when it is*/
+ netdev_join_callback *cb;