> -----Original Message----- > From: Haiyang Zhang > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 8:57 AM > To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eduardo Otubo > <otubo@xxxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Stephen > Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; David Miller > <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 11:16 AM > > To: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Haiyang > > Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger > > <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip > > > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:01:21 +0200 > > Eduardo Otubo <otubo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > v2: The script is now a little bit safer so it doesn't conflicts with > > > network daemon trying to set configurations at the same time. > > > > > > This patch fixes the behavior of the hv_set_ifconfig script when > > setting > > > the interface ip. Sometimes the interface has already been configured > > by > > > network daemon, in this case hv_set_ifconfig causes "RTNETLINK: file > > > exists error"; in order to avoid this error this patch makes sure > > double > > > checks the interface before trying anything. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Otubo <otubo@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Adding new dependency on systemd is not going to make this script > > even less useful. I wonder why the script still exists at all? Most of > > the > > Linux distro's can already setup HV networking without it. > > > > This script is used by a host to inject IP into guests. KY knows more > details about it. I wrote this script initially to provide an example script for Distros to base their solution on. KVP supports IP injection to enable VM migration. For this scenario, I think we recommend that NM be disabled. K. Y > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
