assert(link);
assert(device);
- if (link->state != LINK_STATE_PENDING)
- return 0;
+ /* Always replace with the new sd_device object. As the sysname (and possibly other properties
+ * or sysattrs) may be outdated. */
+ sd_device_ref(device);
+ sd_device_unref(link->sd_device);
+ link->sd_device = device;
- if (link->sd_device)
+ /* Do not ignore unamanaged state case here. If an interface is renamed after being once
+ * configured, and the corresponding .network file has Name= in [Match] section, then the
+ * interface may be already in unmanaged state. See #20657. */
+ if (!IN_SET(link->state, LINK_STATE_PENDING, LINK_STATE_UNMANAGED))
return 0;
log_link_debug(link, "udev initialized link");
link_set_state(link, LINK_STATE_INITIALIZED);
- link->sd_device = sd_device_ref(device);
-
/* udev has initialized the link, but we don't know if we have yet
* processed the NEWLINK messages with the latest state. Do a GETLINK,
* when it returns we know that the pending NEWLINKs have already been