[libvirt] [PATCH] virNetDevVethCreate: assign names based on mac address by default

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:05:49AM +0300, Oskari Saarenmaa wrote:
> Interface names do not have to be numerical (or veth + number) and trying to
> assign them to that format is susceptible to race conditions.  Instead,
> assign the parent interface name according to the mac address (the last
> three bytes) if no name was given by the caller and use the parent interface
> name plus 'p' for the container name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oskari Saarenmaa <os at ohmu.fi>

NACK, I really don't like this proposed naming scheme. If there is a rac
with our current code we should be fixing that race.

Daniel
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