From 07fbc894e7921f10c61860bf04959a75f239659b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olivier Tilmans <olivier.tilmans@uclouvain.be>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:39:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] link: Set prefixLen for loopback address

The prefixLen for a loopback address is well-defined (/8),
and as such the variable is set accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Olivier Tilmans <olivier.tilmans@uclouvain.be>
---
 mininet/link.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/mininet/link.py b/mininet/link.py
index 9703ce7..edb072b 100644
--- a/mininet/link.py
+++ b/mininet/link.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class Intf( object ):
         # This saves an ifconfig command per node
         if self.name == 'lo':
             self.ip = '127.0.0.1'
+            self.prefixLen = 8
         # Add to node (and move ourselves if necessary )
         moveIntfFn = params.pop( 'moveIntfFn', None )
         if moveIntfFn: