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netlink: return optional metadata with the operation result.

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netlink: return optional metadata with the operation result.

Some operations like interface creation may need to return metadata

  • in this case, interface name - back to the caller if the operation is successful.

This change implements attaching an NLMSGERR_ATTR_COOKIE nla to the
operation reply message via nlmsg_report_cookie().
Additionally, on successful interface creation, interface index and
interface name are returned in the IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX and `IFLA_IFNAME
TLVs, encapsulated in the NLMSGERR_ATTR_COOKIE.

Reviewed By: pauamma
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D38283
MFC after: 1 week

(cherry picked from commit 25c2dd2f2c6c6144d59d463c95f0471301d6efaa)

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