Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 1/3] Close fd's of persistent tap devices

When passing a NULL tapfd argument to brAddTap, we need to close the fd of the tap device. If we don't, libvirt will keep the fd open indefinitely and renders the the guest unable to configure its side of the tap device. Signed-off-by: Soren Hansen <soren(a)linux2go.dk&gt; --- src/util/bridge.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/bridge.c b/src/util/bridge.c index 7d0caae..da62c5e 100644 --- a/src/util/bridge.c +++ b/src/util/bridge.c @@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ brAddTap(brControl *ctl, goto error; if (tapfd) *tapfd = fd; + else + close(fd);