Merge pull request #266 from adferguson/if_namesize

print error messages when making interfaces
2014-01-28 15:16:19 -08:00
parent 6022e96b4d 2e704f996b
commit ae367d3645
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -155,7 +155,12 @@ def makeIntfPair( intf1, intf2 ):
    quietRun( 'ip link del ' + intf2 )
    # Create new pair
    cmd = 'ip link add name ' + intf1 + ' type veth peer name ' + intf2
-    return quietRun( cmd )
+    cmdOutput = quietRun( cmd )
+    if cmdOutput == '':
+        return True
+    else:
+        error( "Error creating interface pair: %s " % cmdOutput )
+        return False

 def retry( retries, delaySecs, fn, *args, **keywords ):
    """Try something several times before giving up.