sd-netlink: permit RTM_DELLINK messages with no ifindex

This is useful for removing network interfaces by name.

diff --git a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/rtnl-message.c b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/rtnl-message.c
index 255526bf32d1bddd5558938ff722d7021fa8b8b3..f251536a891b2d064b9fff29810166f0f0863fa6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/rtnl-message.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd/sd-netlink/rtnl-message.c
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ int sd_rtnl_message_new_link(sd_netlink *rtnl, sd_netlink_message **ret,
         int r;
 
         assert_return(rtnl_message_type_is_link(nlmsg_type), -EINVAL);
-        assert_return(nlmsg_type != RTM_DELLINK || index > 0, -EINVAL);
         assert_return(ret, -EINVAL);
 
         r = message_new(rtnl, ret, nlmsg_type);