[ovs-dev] [PATCH 3/3] netdev-linux: Cleanup tap netdev.

[Ben Pfaff]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 05:29:15PM -0500, Jesse Gross wrote:
> TAP devices need to be treated slightly differently from other other
> devices because they cannot be opened multiple times.  Instead we
> open them once and share the file descriptor.  This means that if
> the netdev is opened multiple times one reader can drain the buffers
> of another.  While this is a deviation from the normal convention,
> it does not impact current or planned users.

I assume that you tried this out?  It looks good to me.