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...some apps like libvirt open the tap fd, connect the interface to the appropriate bridge and pass the fd to kvm via the command line. So, those apps need to set IFF_VNET_HDR and KVM needs to be able to detect that and handle it correctly. A very simple approach is attached; I did consider doing a TUNGETFLAGS that would return tun->flags, but I think it's nicer to have a companion to TUNGETIFF since it also allows one to query the interface name from the file descriptor. Cheers, Mark. Subject: [PATCH 1/1] tun: TUNGETIFF interface to query name and flags Add a TUNGETIFF interface so that usersp...

...some apps like libvirt open the tap fd, connect the interface to the appropriate bridge and pass the fd to kvm via the command line. So, those apps need to set IFF_VNET_HDR and KVM needs to be able to detect that and handle it correctly. A very simple approach is attached; I did consider doing a TUNGETFLAGS that would return tun->flags, but I think it's nicer to have a companion to TUNGETIFF since it also allows one to query the interface name from the file descriptor. Cheers, Mark. Subject: [PATCH 1/1] tun: TUNGETIFF interface to query name and flags Add a TUNGETIFF interface so that usersp...