[libvirt] [PATCH 3/5] ip link needs 'name' in 3.16 to create the veth pair

[Richard Weinberger]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Cedric Bosdonnat <cbosdonnat at suse.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-11-25 at 08:42 +0100, Martin Kletzander wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 09:54:44PM +0100, Cédric Bosdonnat wrote:
>> >Due to a change (or bug?) in ip link implementation, the command
>> >    'ip link add vnet0...'
>> >is forced into
>> >    'ip link add name vnet0...'
>> >The changed command also works on older versions of iproute2, just the
>> >'name' parameter has been made mandatory.
>> >---
>> > src/util/virnetdevveth.c | 4 ++--
>> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >
>> >diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevveth.c b/src/util/virnetdevveth.c
>> >index e9d6f9c..ad30e1d 100644
>> >--- a/src/util/virnetdevveth.c
>> >+++ b/src/util/virnetdevveth.c
>> >@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int virNetDevVethGetFreeNum(int startDev)
>> >  * @veth2: pointer to return name for container end of veth pair
>> >  *
>> >  * Creates a veth device pair using the ip command:
>> >- * ip link add veth1 type veth peer name veth2
>> >+ * ip link add name veth1 type veth peer name veth2
>> >  * If veth1 points to NULL on entry, it will be a valid interface on
>> >  * return.  veth2 should point to NULL on entry.
>> >  *
>> >@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ int virNetDevVethCreate(char** veth1, char** veth2)
>> >         }
>> >
>> >         cmd = virCommandNew("ip");
>> >-        virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "link", "add",
>> >+        virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "link", "add", "name",
>> >                              *veth1 ? *veth1 : veth1auto,
>> >                              "type", "veth", "peer", "name",
>> >                              *veth2 ? *veth2 : veth2auto,
>> >--
>> >2.1.2
>> >
>>
>> I agree, the 'name' was always there, just optional.  But what version
>> of iproute2 do you have that requires it?  I checked the current HEAD
>> and it's still optional.  This must be a bug in that particular
>> implementation.
>>
>> ACK if you can argue with the version or platform this is required
>> on.
>
> At least the 3.16 shipped on openSUSE 13.2 has that problem... though I
> think it's just a side effect of another change in iproute2. It worked
> fine with version 3.12.

Instead of papering over the issue in libvirt better ship a non-broken iproute2
in openSUSE 13.2.
real fix: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git/commit/?id=f1b66ff

-- 
Thanks,
//richard