return NULL;
}
+
+int socket_ioctl_fd(void) {
+ int fd;
+
+ /* Create a socket to invoke the various network interface ioctl()s on. Traditionally only AF_INET was good for
+ * that. Since kernel 4.6 AF_NETLINK works for this too. We first try to use AF_INET hence, but if that's not
+ * available (for example, because it is made unavailable via SECCOMP or such), we'll fall back to the more
+ * generic AF_NETLINK. */
+
+ fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM|SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW|SOCK_CLOEXEC, NETLINK_GENERIC);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ return fd;
+}