Re: [libvirt PATCH v2 1/2] util: replace macvtap name reservation bitmap with a simple counter

2020-08-26 Thread Michal Privoznik
On 8/26/20 4:21 PM, Ján Tomko wrote: On a Wednesday in 2020, Laine Stump wrote: On 8/26/20 9:00 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote: On 8/26/20 7:22 AM, Laine Stump wrote: There have been some reports that, due to libvirt always trying to assign the lowest numbered macvtap / tap device name possible,

Re: [libvirt PATCH v2 1/2] util: replace macvtap name reservation bitmap with a simple counter

2020-08-26 Thread Ján Tomko
On a Wednesday in 2020, Laine Stump wrote: On 8/26/20 9:00 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote: On 8/26/20 7:22 AM, Laine Stump wrote: There have been some reports that, due to libvirt always trying to assign the lowest numbered macvtap / tap device name possible, a new guest would sometimes be started

Re: [libvirt PATCH v2 1/2] util: replace macvtap name reservation bitmap with a simple counter

2020-08-26 Thread Laine Stump
On 8/26/20 9:00 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote: On 8/26/20 7:22 AM, Laine Stump wrote: There have been some reports that, due to libvirt always trying to assign the lowest numbered macvtap / tap device name possible, a new guest would sometimes be started using the same tap device name as

Re: [libvirt PATCH v2 1/2] util: replace macvtap name reservation bitmap with a simple counter

2020-08-26 Thread Michal Privoznik
On 8/26/20 7:22 AM, Laine Stump wrote: There have been some reports that, due to libvirt always trying to assign the lowest numbered macvtap / tap device name possible, a new guest would sometimes be started using the same tap device name as previously used by another guest that is in the

[libvirt PATCH v2 1/2] util: replace macvtap name reservation bitmap with a simple counter

2020-08-25 Thread Laine Stump
There have been some reports that, due to libvirt always trying to assign the lowest numbered macvtap / tap device name possible, a new guest would sometimes be started using the same tap device name as previously used by another guest that is in the process of being destroyed *as the new guest is