In a recent commit of v9.0.0-rc1~192 I've tried to forbid case where a TAP device already exists, but at the same time it's managed by Libvirt (<interface type='ethernet'> <target dev='tap0' managed='yes'/> </interface>). NB, if @managed attribute is missing then it's assumed to be managed by Libvirt. Anyway, I've mistakenly put setting of VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_ALLOW_EXISTING flag into managed='yes' branch instead of managed='no' branch in qemuInterfaceEthernetConnect(). Move the setting of the flag into the correct branch. Fixes: a2ae3d299cf9c5ada8aa42ec4271748eb479dc27 Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/qemu/qemu_interface.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c index b6895cedde..ed2c209167 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_interface.c @@ -443,6 +443,9 @@ qemuInterfaceEthernetConnect(virDomainDef *def, _("target managed='no' but specified dev doesn't exist")); goto cleanup; } + + tap_create_flags |= VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_ALLOW_EXISTING; + if (virNetDevMacVLanIsMacvtap(net->ifname)) { auditdev = net->ifname; if (virNetDevMacVLanTapOpen(net->ifname, tapfd, tapfdSize) < 0) @@ -461,8 +464,6 @@ qemuInterfaceEthernetConnect(virDomainDef *def, if (!net->ifname) template_ifname = true; - tap_create_flags |= VIR_NETDEV_TAP_CREATE_ALLOW_EXISTING; - if (virNetDevTapCreate(&net->ifname, tunpath, tapfd, tapfdSize, tap_create_flags) < 0) { goto cleanup; -- 2.39.1