This patch series comes out of a comment in: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1125755 that pointed out that sioctl(SIOCBRDELBR) won't delete a bridge interface if it is IFF_UP, but the netlink RTM_DELLINK message doesn't care - it will delete it anyway. In these patches we switch to using RTM_DELLINK to avoid failures caused by a bridge interface that is IFF_UP. Laine Stump (4): util: netlink function to delete any network device util: replace body of virNetDevMacVLanDelete() with virNetlinkDelLink() util: use netlink to delete bridge devices util: use netlink to create bridge devices src/libvirt_private.syms | 1 + src/util/virnetdevbridge.c | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- src/util/virnetdevmacvlan.c | 67 +-------------------------------- src/util/virnetlink.c | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/util/virnetlink.h | 3 +- 5 files changed, 181 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) -- 2.1.0 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list