[libvirt] [PATCH] Remove MAX_TAP_ID, take 3

[Matthias Bolte]

2009/7/29 Daniel Veillard <veillard at redhat.com>:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 08:05:37PM +0200, Daniel Veillard wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:52:30PM -0400, Aron Griffis wrote:
>> > This is a resend of take 2 to fix formatting problems in the
>> > patch.  No other changes.
>> >
>> > As far as I can tell, there's no reason to format the device
>> > string in brAddTap().  Delegate the job to TUNSETIFF, thereby
>> > removing the loop and the MAX_TAP_ID artificial limit.  This
>> > patch allows me to get 421 guests running before hitting other
>> > limits.
>>
>>   haha ! that one worked :-)
>>
>> I will review and apply, thanks !
>
>  Actually just looking at brAddTap() after patching makes it clear,
> and based on Mark and Dan feedback great !
>  Applied and commited to git, thanks !
>
> Daniel

This patch breaks -Werror, because GCC is unhappy with the initializer
for ifreq.

The follow change makes GCC happy again:

diff --git a/src/bridge.c b/src/bridge.c
index ec37192..6480a35 100644
--- a/src/bridge.c
+++ b/src/bridge.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ brAddTap(brControl *ctl,
          int *tapfd)
 {
     int fd, len;
-    struct ifreq ifr = {0};
+    struct ifreq ifr = {{{0}}, {{0, {0}}}};

     if (!ctl || !ctl->fd || !bridge || !ifname)
         return EINVAL;