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Re: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip

From Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip
Date 2017-08-28 17:20 +0200
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:01:21 +0200
Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com> 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@redhat.com>

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.

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[PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com> - 2017-08-28 12:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de> - 2017-08-28 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> - 2017-08-28 17:20 +0200
    RE: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> - 2017-08-28 18:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com> - 2017-08-28 18:10 +0200
      RE: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2017-08-28 18:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip Eduardo Otubo <otubo@redhat.com> - 2017-08-31 10:20 +0200
          RE: [PATCHv2] hv_set_ifconfig.sh double check before setting ip KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com> - 2017-08-31 22:30 +0200

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