Re: [libvirt PATCH 0/3] Eliminate old tap/macvtap teardown stomping on new tap setup

2020-08-24 Thread Michal Privoznik
On 8/24/20 6:23 AM, Laine Stump wrote: The problem and solution are very well described in patches 2 and 3, but in short - because we (libvirt for macvtap, the kernel for tap) always try to assign the lowest numbered names possible to macvtap and tap devices, we sometimes create a new tap for a

[libvirt PATCH 0/3] Eliminate old tap/macvtap teardown stomping on new tap setup

2020-08-23 Thread Laine Stump
The problem and solution are very well described in patches 2 and 3, but in short - because we (libvirt for macvtap, the kernel for tap) always try to assign the lowest numbered names possible to macvtap and tap devices, we sometimes create a new tap for a new guest using the same name as an old