The parser had been clearing out *all* suggested device names for type='direct' (aka macvtap) interfaces. All of the code implementing macvtap allows for a user-specified device name, so we should allow it. In the case that an interface name starts with "macvtap" or "macvlan" though, we do still clear it out, just as we do with "vnet" (which is the prefix used for automatically generated tap device names), since those are the prefixes for the names we autogenerate for macvtap and macvlan devices. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1335798 squash --- docs/formatdomain.html.in | 6 +++--- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in index e31a271..58cd3cf 100644 --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in @@ -5175,9 +5175,9 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null If no target is specified, certain hypervisors will automatically generate a name for the created tun device. This name can be manually specified, however the name <i>should not - start with either 'vnet' or 'vif'</i>, which are prefixes - reserved by libvirt and certain hypervisors. Manually specified - targets using these prefixes may be ignored. + start with either 'vnet', 'vif', 'macvtap', or 'macvlan'</i>, + which are prefixes reserved by libvirt and certain hypervisors. + Manually specified targets using these prefixes may be ignored. </p> <p> diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index fe9b7c7..36644b8 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ #include "virtpm.h" #include "virstring.h" #include "virnetdev.h" +#include "virnetdevmacvlan.h" #include "virhostdev.h" #include "virmdev.h" @@ -10028,8 +10029,12 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt, def->data.direct.linkdev = dev; dev = NULL; - if (flags & VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_INACTIVE) + if (ifname && + flags & VIR_DOMAIN_DEF_PARSE_INACTIVE && + (STRPREFIX(ifname, VIR_NET_GENERATED_MACVTAP_PREFIX) || + STRPREFIX(ifname, VIR_NET_GENERATED_MACVTAP_PREFIX))) { VIR_FREE(ifname); + } break; -- 2.9.3 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list