[libvirt PATCH 1/2] lxc: remove unnecessary call to virNetDevReserveName()

Laine Stump laine at redhat.com
Wed Jan 6 23:55:34 UTC 2021


In all cases *except* when parsing status XML as libvirt is being
restarted, the XML parser will delete any manually specified interface
name (aka "<target dev='blah'/>" aka net->ifname) that could have been
generated by virNetDevGenerateName(). This means that during the setup
when a domain is being started (e.g. during
virLXCProcessSetupInterfaceTap()) it is pointless to call
virNetDevReserveName() with any setting of net->ifname that has come
from the XML parser - it is guaranteed to not fit the pattern of any
auto-generated name, and so the call is just a NOP anyway.

Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine at redhat.com>
---
 src/lxc/lxc_process.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
index a842ac91c5..f6932c248b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c
@@ -308,8 +308,6 @@ virLXCProcessSetupInterfaceTap(virDomainDefPtr vm,
 
     VIR_DEBUG("calling vethCreate()");
     parentVeth = net->ifname;
-    if (parentVeth)
-        virNetDevReserveName(parentVeth);
 
     if (virNetDevVethCreate(&parentVeth, &containerVeth) < 0)
         return NULL;
-- 
2.29.2




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