[ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev: Fix netdev_open() to adhere to class type if given

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 02:38:09PM +0200, Eelco Chaudron wrote:
> When trying to configure a system port as type=internal it could start
> an infinite port creation loop. When this happens you will see the
> following log messages:
...
> So the fix as presented below is causing netdev_open() only to return
> the existing device for the class type requested (if the type is
> specified).

I suspect that this will cause other, subtle, issues, that we will have
to track down later, related to devices that currently can be opened
under multiple different types.  However, I've applied it for now, and
if/when those issues come up, we can figure them out.

Thanks a lot!

Ben