On 12/12/2013 07:41 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > The usage you describe here is not within the scope of the > virInterfaceCreate() API IMHO. If we want users to have the > ability to "re start" an interface without taking it offline > first, then we should add another API that explicitly supports > that use case.
Or even a flag to the existing argument that says to restart if already running, where the normal case of not having the flag is an error if already running. > Overloading a single virInterfaceCreate to support two different use > cases puts applications in an impossible position if they *want* to > see an error from attempting to start an already active interface. Overloading without the use of a flag bit, that is. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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