1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/if.c b/lib/if.c
index fa4fdb82d3..deb0690dcf 100644
--- a/lib/if.c
+++ b/lib/if.c
@@ -1095,13 +1095,15 @@ const char *if_link_type_str(enum zebra_link_type llt)
 
 struct if_link_params *if_link_params_get(struct interface *ifp)
 {
-	int i;
+	return ifp->link_params;
+}
 
-	if (ifp->link_params != NULL)
-		return ifp->link_params;
+struct if_link_params *if_link_params_enable(struct interface *ifp)
+{
+	struct if_link_params *iflp;
+	int i;
 
-	struct if_link_params *iflp =
-		XCALLOC(MTYPE_IF_LINK_PARAMS, sizeof(struct if_link_params));
+	iflp = if_link_params_init(ifp);
 
 	/* Compute default bandwidth based on interface */
 	iflp->default_bw =
@@ -1129,6 +1131,20 @@ struct if_link_params *if_link_params_get(struct interface *ifp)
 	return iflp;
 }
 
+struct if_link_params *if_link_params_init(struct interface *ifp)
+{
+	struct if_link_params *iflp = if_link_params_get(ifp);
+
+	if (iflp)
+		return iflp;
+
+	iflp = XCALLOC(MTYPE_IF_LINK_PARAMS, sizeof(struct if_link_params));
+
+	ifp->link_params = iflp;
+
+	return iflp;
+}
+
 void if_link_params_free(struct interface *ifp)
 {
 	XFREE(MTYPE_IF_LINK_PARAMS, ifp->link_params);