_IOCTL (vif->tap_fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr);
vif->ifindex = if_nametoindex (ifr.ifr_ifrn.ifrn_name);
+ if (!args->host_if_name)
+ args->host_if_name = (u8 *) ifr.ifr_ifrn.ifrn_name;
+
unsigned int offload = 0;
hdrsz = sizeof (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1);
if (args->tap_flags & TAP_FLAG_GSO)