This patch does two things: * It makes umlConnectTapDevice ask brAddTap for a persistent tap by passing it a NULL tapfd argument. * Stops umlConnectTapDevice from immediately dismantling the bridge it just set up. Signed-off-by: Soren Hansen <soren(a)linux2go.dk&gt; --- src/uml/uml_conf.c | 6 +----- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/uml/uml_conf.c b/src/uml/uml_conf.c index bc8cbce..06543cb 100644 --- a/src/uml/uml_conf.c +++ b/src/uml/uml_conf.c @@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ umlConnectTapDevice(virDomainNetDefPtr net, const char *bridge) { brControl *brctl = NULL; - int tapfd = -1; int template_ifname = 0; int err; unsigned char tapmac[VIR_MAC_BUFLEN]; @@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ umlConnectTapDevice(virDomainNetDefPtr net, &net->ifname, tapmac, 0, - &tapfd))) { + NULL))) { if (err == ENOTSUP) { /* In this particular case, give a better diagnostic. */ umlReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, @@ -164,9 +163,6 @@ umlConnectTapDevice(virDomainNetDefPtr net, VIR_FREE(net->ifname); goto error; } - close(tapfd); - - brShutdown(brctl);