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    veth: Be more robust on network device creation when no attributes · 191cdb38
    Serhey Popovych authored
    There are number of problems with configuration peer
    network device in absence of IFLA_VETH_PEER attributes
    where attributes for main network device shared with
    peer.
    
    First it is not feasible to configure both network
    devices with same MAC address since this makes
    communication in such configuration problematic.
    
    This case can be reproduced with following sequence:
    
      # ip link add address 02:11:22:33:44:55 type veth
      # ip li sh
      ...
      26: veth0@veth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc \
      noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
          link/ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
      27: veth1@veth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc \
      noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
          link/ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    
    Second it is not possible to register both main and
    peer network devices with same name, that happens
    when name for main interface is given with IFLA_IFNAME
    and same attribute reused for peer.
    
    This case can be reproduced with following sequence:
    
      # ip link add dev veth1a type veth
      RTNETLINK answers: File exists
    
    To fix both of the cases check if corresponding netlink
    attributes are taken from peer_tb when valid or
    name based on rtnl ops kind and random address is used.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSerhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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