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When creating a standard tap device, if provided with an ifname that contains "%d", rather than taking that literally as the name to use for the new device, the kernel will instead use that string as a template, and search for the lowest number that could be put in place of %d and produce an otherwise unused and unique name for the new device. For example, if there is no tap device name given in the XML, libvirt will always send "vnet%d" as the device name, and the kernel will create new devices named "vnet0", "vnet1", etc. If one of those devices is deleted, creating a "hole" in the name list, the kernel will always attempt to reuse the name in the hole first before using a name with a higher number (i.e. it finds the lowest possible unused number). The problem with this, as described in the previous patch dealing with macvtap device naming, is that it makes "immediate reuse" of a newly freed tap device name *much* more common, and in the aftermath of deleting a tap device, there is some other necessary cleanup of things which are named based on the device name (nwfilter rules, bandwidth rules, OVS switch ports, to name a few) that could end up stomping over the top of the setup of a new device of the same name for a different guest. Since the kernel "create a name based on a template" functionality for tap devices doesn't exist for macvtap, this patch for standard tap devices is a bit different from the previous patch for macvtap - in particular there was no previous "bitmap ID reservation system" or overly-complex retry loop that needed to be removed. We simply find and unused name, and pass that name on to the kernel instead of "vnet%d". This counter is also wrapped when either it gets to INT_MAX or if the full name would overflow IFNAMSIZ-1 characters. In the case of "vnet%d" and a 32 bit int, we would reach INT_MAX first, but possibly someday someone will change the name from vnet to something else. (NB: It is still possible for a user to provide their own parameterized template name (e.g. "mytap%d") in the XML, and libvirt will just pass that through to the kernel as it always has.) Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
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