From: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar(a)redhat.com&gt; Wipe generated interface target only when reading configuration of inactive domains. --- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index 546ddf2..3e45f79 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -1889,7 +1889,8 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virCapsPtr caps, xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "target")) { ifname = virXMLPropString(cur, "dev"); if ((ifname != NULL) && - ((STRPREFIX((const char*)ifname, "vnet")) || + (((flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INACTIVE) && + (STRPREFIX((const char*)ifname, "vnet"))) || (!isValidIfname(ifname)))) { /* An auto-generated target name, blank it out */ /* blank out invalid interface names */ -- 1.7.1