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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Uninitialized ifname can cause qemu to quit

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Uninitialized ifname can cause qemu to quit
From: Steve Dobbelstein <steved@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:16:29 -0500
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Uninitialized ifname can cause qemu to quit.  If the first character of the
if name is not \0, qemu will think it's a valid ifname and configure
/dev/net/tun to use it.  The configuration fails and qemu exits.

Patch is attached.

Steve D.

(See attached file: qemu-ifname.patch)

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