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

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 06:21:50PM +0200, Eelco Chaudron wrote:
> On 02/06/17 00:25, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> >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
> Can we get this also on the 2.7 branch?

OK.  If it causes problems, we'll need to fix them or revert it, of
course.