Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/4] Add support for -net bridge

[Avi Kivity]

On 11/05/2009 04:45 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Avi Kivity wrote:
> > > +int net_init_bridge(QemuOpts *opts, Monitor *mon, const char *name, 
> > > VLANState *vlan);
> > > +
> >
> > Don't we need to tear the interface down after shutdown?
>
> net_init_bridge calls net_tap_fd_init which registers tap_cleanup.  
> That closes the fd and frees associated memory.
>
> The helper does not allocate a persistent tap device so closing the 
> file descriptor is sufficient for cleanup.

Ah, so unclean shutdown will clean up as well.

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