Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 06/13] Make virtual network netmasks optional

On 12/20/2010 01:03 AM, Laine Stump wrote: > When a netmask isn't specified for an IPv4 address, one can be implied > based on what network class range the address is in. The > virNetworkDefPrefix function does this for us, so netmask isn't > required. > --- > src/conf/network_conf.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++-------------- > 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/src/conf/network_conf.c b/src/conf/network_conf.c > index b6ac4e3..09566ca 100644 > --- a/src/conf/network_conf.c > +++ b/src/conf/network_conf.c > @@ -461,19 +461,14 @@ virNetworkDefParseXML(xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt) > def->delay = 0; > > ipAddress = virXPathString("string(./ip[1]/@address)", ctxt); > - netmask = virXPathString("string(./ip[1]/@netmask)", ctxt); > - if (ipAddress&& > - netmask) { > + if (ipAddress) { Before this patch, if you specified one but not the other, then neither was recognized. Now, if you specify ipAddress but not netmask, ipAddress is still recognized (good), but if you specify netmask but not ipAddress, you've caused the def file to be in a state that wasn't possible before (potentially bad). Should you also add a sanity check that declares the configuration invalid if netmask is specified without ipAddress, so you don't have to worry about it in the rest of the code base?