rafaelweingartner commented on a change in pull request #2653: Generate MAC address if the MAC in command addNicToVirtualMachine is invalid URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/2653#discussion_r189836738
########## File path: server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java ########## @@ -1228,6 +1230,19 @@ public UserVm addNicToVirtualMachine(AddNicToVMCmd cmd) throws InvalidParameterV return _vmDao.findById(vmInstance.getId()); } + /** + * If the given MAC address is invalid it replaces the given MAC with the next available MAC address + */ + protected String validateOrReplaceMacAddress(String macAddress, long networkId) { + if (!NetUtils.isValidMac(macAddress)) { Review comment: I think we should only generate a MAC address if the value entered by the user is null. All other combinations (invalid, empty, blank and so on) should return an invalid parameter value exception. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services