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Diffstat (limited to 'src/util/virnetdevtap.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/util/virnetdevtap.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevtap.c b/src/util/virnetdevtap.c index 9f2dca17f..0eadd6cf2 100644 --- a/src/util/virnetdevtap.c +++ b/src/util/virnetdevtap.c @@ -112,18 +112,20 @@ virNetDevProbeVnetHdr(int tapfd) * * VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_VNET_HDR * - Enable IFF_VNET_HDR on the tap device + * VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_PERSIST + * - The device will persist after the file descriptor is closed * * Creates a tap interface. - * If the @tapfd parameter is supplied, the open tap device file - * descriptor will be returned, otherwise the TAP device will be made - * persistent and closed. The caller must use virNetDevTapDelete to - * remove a persistent TAP devices when it is no longer needed. + * If the @tapfd parameter is supplied, the open tap device file descriptor + * will be returned, otherwise the TAP device will be closed. The caller must + * use virNetDevTapDelete to remove a persistent TAP device when it is no + * longer needed. * * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 on failure. */ int virNetDevTapCreate(char **ifname, int *tapfd, - unsigned int flags ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) + unsigned int flags) { int fd; struct ifreq ifr; @@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ int virNetDevTapCreate(char **ifname, goto cleanup; } - if (!tapfd && + if ((flags & VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_PERSIST) && (errno = ioctl(fd, TUNSETPERSIST, 1))) { virReportSystemError(errno, _("Unable to set tap device %s to persistent"), @@ -261,14 +263,16 @@ int virNetDevTapDelete(const char *ifname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) * - Enable IFF_VNET_HDR on the tap device * VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_USE_MAC_FOR_BRIDGE * - Set this interface's MAC as the bridge's MAC address + * VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_PERSIST + * - The device will persist after the file descriptor is closed * * This function creates a new tap device on a bridge. @ifname can be either * a fixed name or a name template with '%d' for dynamic name allocation. * in either case the final name for the bridge will be stored in @ifname. - * If the @tapfd parameter is supplied, the open tap device file - * descriptor will be returned, otherwise the TAP device will be made - * persistent and closed. The caller must use virNetDevTapDelete to remove - * a persistent TAP devices when it is no longer needed. + * If the @tapfd parameter is supplied, the open tap device file descriptor + * will be returned, otherwise the TAP device will be closed. The caller must + * use virNetDevTapDelete to remove a persistent TAP device when it is no + * longer needed. * * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 on failure */ |