The patch adds generic ethernet type to LXC, that allows you to make an arbitrary virtual network interface and associate it to an LXC domain. That does not, however, provide a means to execute a script, that is still available only for QEMU. 1. Create a virtual ethernet device pair # ip link add type veth (e.g. veth0 and veth1 by default) 2. Define a LXC domain and associate it to one end of the pair [...] <interface type='ethernet'> <target dev='veth1'/> </interface> 3. Do whatever you like, for example, add another end of the pair to a bridge (e.g. br0) # brctr addif br0 veth0 # ip link set dev veth0 up 4. Start a LXC domain. The interface shows up as eth0 in the domain. Signed-off-by: Takayuki Usui <takayuki(a)midokura.jp&gt; --- src/lxc/lxc_process.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c index 84128d1..0b86241 100644 --- a/src/lxc/lxc_process.c +++ b/src/lxc/lxc_process.c @@ -419,6 +419,46 @@ cleanup: } +static int lxcSetupInterfaceEthernet(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, + virDomainDefPtr def ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, + virDomainNetDefPtr net, + unsigned int *nveths, + char ***veths) +{ + int ret = -1; + char *containerVeth = NULL; + + if (net->ifname == 0 || strlen(net->ifname) == 0) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s", + _("Ethernet target device is required")); + goto cleanup; + } + + if (VIR_ALLOC_N(containerVeth, strlen(net->ifname) + 1) < 0) { + virReportOOMError(); + goto cleanup; + } + if (VIR_REALLOC_N(*veths, (*nveths)+1) < 0) { + virReportOOMError(); + VIR_FREE(containerVeth); + goto cleanup; + } + if (virStrcpy(containerVeth, net->ifname, + strlen(net->ifname) + 1) == NULL) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", + _("Ethernet target device name is too long")); + VIR_FREE(containerVeth); + goto cleanup; + } + (*veths)[(*nveths)] = containerVeth; + (*nveths)++; + + ret = 0; + +cleanup: + return ret; +} + /** * virLXCProcessSetupInterfaces: * @conn: pointer to connection @@ -522,8 +562,16 @@ static int virLXCProcessSetupInterfaces(virConnectPtr conn, goto cleanup; break; - case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_USER: case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_ETHERNET: + if (lxcSetupInterfaceEthernet(conn, + def, + def->nets[i], + nveths, + veths) < 0) + goto cleanup; + break; + + case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_USER: case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_SERVER: case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_CLIENT: case VIR_DOMAIN_NET_TYPE_MCAST: -- 1.7.9.5