Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3] tools/hotpug: only attempt to call 'ip route' if there is valid command

[Jürgen Groß <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

On 08.11.19 11:31, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 09:42:33AM +0000, paul@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The vif-route script should only call 'ip route' when 'ipcmd' has been
> > set, otherwise it will fail due to an incorrect command string.
> >
> > This patch also adds routes for 'tap' (i.e. emulated) devices as well as
> > 'vif' (i.e. PV) devices. Empirically offline/online commands relate to
> > 'vif' devices, and add/remove commands relate to 'tap' devices. However,
> > this patch treats them equally and uses ${type_if} to distinguish. By
> > adding cases for add/remove the command list becomes exhaustive and hence
> > 'ipcmd' is guaranteed to be set.
> >
> > Routes for 'tap' and 'vif' devices are distinguished by a route metric.
> > Emulated devices are used by HVM guests until they are unplugged, at which
> > point the PV device becomes active. Thus 'tap' devices should get a higher
> > priority (i.e. lower numbered) metric than 'vif' devices.
> >
> > There is also one small whitespace fix.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
Release-acked-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen

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