Michal Privoznik af99d60dc8 virnetdevtap: Clarify virNetDevTapCreate() behavior wrt VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_ALLOW_EXISTING
The VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_ALLOW_EXISTING flag is documented as:

  /* The device is allowed to exist before creation */
  VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_ALLOW_EXISTING     = 1 << 4,

and yet, the documentation to virNetDevTapCreate() documents its
behavior when the flag is passed as:

  *   VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_ALLOW_EXISTING
  *     - The device creation fails if @ifname already exists

Fortunately, the function is implemented so that it follows the
expected behavior (i.e. the former flag documentation). Fix the
function documentation then.

Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan@redhat.com>
2023-01-23 12:29:04 +01:00
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2020-08-03 09:26:48 +02:00
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