fix: addressed edge cases for external routing

nl-sys/src/netlink.rs

@@ -178,16 +178,22 @@ impl<T: From<*mut nl_object>> Iterator for CacheIter<'_, T> {
     type Item = T;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        if self.index >= self.cache_size || self.obj.is_null() {
-            return None;
+        loop {
+            if self.index >= self.cache_size {
+                return None;
+            }
+
+            self.index += 1;
+
+            let obj = self.obj;
+            self.obj = unsafe { nl_cache_get_next(obj) };
+
+            if obj.is_null() {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            break Some(T::from(obj));
         }
-
-        self.index += 1;
-
-        let obj = self.obj;
-        self.obj = unsafe { nl_cache_get_next(obj) };
-
-        Some(T::from(obj))
     }
 
     fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {

nl-sys/src/route.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ impl Link {
     pub fn name(&self) -> String {
         unsafe {
             let name = rtnl_link_get_name(self.link);
+            if name.is_null() {
+                return "".to_string();
+            }
             let name_rs = CStr::from_ptr(name);
             std::str::from_utf8(name_rs.to_bytes()).unwrap().to_owned()
         }
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ impl Link {
                 return None;
             }
             let ltype_rs = CStr::from_ptr(ltype);
-            Some(std::str::from_utf8(ltype_rs.to_bytes()).unwrap().to_owned())
+            Some(std::str::from_utf8(ltype_rs.to_bytes()).ok()?.to_owned())
         }
     }
 
@@ -196,8 +199,6 @@ pub fn get_macs_and_src_for_ip(
 
     let link = netlink::get_link_by_index(links, link_ind)?;
 
-    let neighs_ = neighs.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
     let neigh = neighs
         .iter()
         .find(|n| n.ifindex() == link.ifindex())