[libvirt] LXC implement missing macaddr assignment feature

Ryota Ozaki ozaki.ryota at gmail.com
Mon Oct 19 13:27:24 UTC 2009


Hi,

Currently MAC address configuration of container veth is just ignored.
This patch implements the missing feature.

* src/lxc/veth.c, src/lxc/veth.h: add setMacAddr
* src/lxc/lxc_driver.c: set macaddr of container veth if specified

  ozaki-r

>From 38ccccf09526bdd125c717beb13769aa2904e751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryota Ozaki <ozaki.ryota at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:13:18 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] LXC implement missing macaddr assignment feature

Currently MAC address configuration of container veth is just ignored.
This patch implements the missing feature.

* src/lxc/veth.c, src/lxc/veth.h: add setMacAddr
* src/lxc/lxc_driver.c: set macaddr of container veth if specified
---
 src/lxc/lxc_driver.c |   11 +++++++++++
 src/lxc/veth.c       |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/lxc/veth.h       |    1 +
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index 783dfcc..ef97364 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -786,6 +786,17 @@ static int lxcSetupInterfaces(virConnectPtr conn,
             goto error_exit;
         }

+        if (def->nets[i]->mac) {
+            char macaddr[VIR_MAC_STRING_BUFLEN];
+            virFormatMacAddr(def->nets[i]->mac, macaddr);
+            if (0 != (rc = setMacAddr(containerVeth, macaddr))) {
+                virReportSystemError(conn, rc,
+                                     _("failed to set %s to %s"),
+                                     macaddr, containerVeth);
+                goto error_exit;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (0 != (rc = brAddInterface(brctl, bridge, parentVeth))) {
             virReportSystemError(conn, rc,
                                  _("failed to add %s device to %s"),
diff --git a/src/lxc/veth.c b/src/lxc/veth.c
index 71d7de6..b15df8d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/veth.c
+++ b/src/lxc/veth.c
@@ -216,3 +216,34 @@ error_out:
     VIR_FREE(pid);
     return rc;
 }
+
+/**
+ * setMacAddr
+ * @iface: name of device
+ * @macaddr: MAC address to be assigned
+ *
+ * Changes the MAC address of the given device with the
+ * given address using this command:
+ *     ip link set @iface address @macaddr
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or -1 in case of error
+ */
+int setMacAddr(const char* iface, const char* macaddr)
+{
+    int rc = -1;
+    const char *argv[] = {
+        "ip", "link", "set", iface, "address", macaddr, NULL
+    };
+    int cmdResult;
+
+    if (NULL == iface) {
+        goto error_out;
+    }
+
+    rc = virRun(NULL, argv, &cmdResult);
+    if (0 == rc)
+        rc = cmdResult;
+
+error_out:
+    return rc;
+}
diff --git a/src/lxc/veth.h b/src/lxc/veth.h
index 429eb3d..8f2f514 100644
--- a/src/lxc/veth.h
+++ b/src/lxc/veth.h
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ int vethCreate(char* veth1, int veth1MaxLen, char* veth2,
 int vethDelete(const char* veth);
 int vethInterfaceUpOrDown(const char* veth, int upOrDown);
 int moveInterfaceToNetNs(const char *iface, int pidInNs);
+int setMacAddr(const char* iface, const char* macaddr);

 #endif /* VETH_H */
-- 
1.6.2.5
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