[libvirt] [PATCH 6/6] net: Add support for changing persistent networks to transient

[Eric Blake]

On 10/25/2012 03:10 PM, Laine Stump wrote:
> On 10/25/2012 11:18 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
>> Until now, the network undefine API was able to undefine only inactive
>> networks. The restriction doesn't make sense any more so this patch
>> implements changing networks to transient.
>> ---
>>  src/network/bridge_driver.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>

> (I *really* dislike the whole "def, newDef" way of doing things. I think
> there should be a "stateDef" and "configDef" instead, and they should be
> moved back and forth all the time - that just makes life confusing;
> configDef should always contain the persistent config (if it's a
> persistent network, or 0 otherwise) and stateDef should always contain
> the live state of the network (or 0 if its an inactive persistent network).

Indeed, that sounds like a saner way to do things, both for networks and
for domains.  Interesting refactoring project for anyone that wants to
get their hands wet with libvirt internals :)

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake at redhat.com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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