Bug 919625

Summary: virsh iface-bridge, Running 'ifup br0' failed with exit code 3
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Dean Hunter <deanhunter>
Component: netcfAssignee: Laine Stump <laine>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 18CC: berrange, clalancette, crobinso, itamar, jforbes, jyang, laine, libvirt-maint, veillard, virt-maint
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Description Dean Hunter 2013-03-08 23:59:20 UTC
Description of problem:

virsh iface-bridge fails to start bridge. However, a subsequent virsh iface-start br0


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

libvirt-0.10.2.3-1.fc18.x86_64


How reproducible: Consistent


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a new Fedora 18 installation
2. yum update --assumeyes
3. virsh iface-bridge em1 br0

  
Actual results:

Created bridge br0 with attached device em1
error: Failed to start bridge interface br0
error: internal error failed to create (start) interface br0: failed to execute external program - Running 'ifup br0' failed with exit code 3: Error: Timeout 90 sec expired.


Expected results:

Created bridge br0 with attached device em1
Interface br0 started


Additional info:

Before attempting to build the bridge:

[root@host ~]# virsh iface-list --all
Name                 State      MAC Address
--------------------------------------------

em1                  active     00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f
lo                   active     00:00:00:00:00:00


After attempting to build the bridge:

[root@host ~]# virsh iface-list --all
Name                 State      MAC Address
--------------------------------------------
br0                  inactive   9a:6b:33:33:ed:35
lo                   active     00:00:00:00:00:00

[root@host ~]# brctl show
bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces
br0		0080.000000000000	yes		
virbr0		8000.525400d6de7f	yes		virbr0-nic

[root@host ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: em1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.103/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global em1
    inet6 fe80::21c:c4ff:feae:574f/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN 
    link/ether 52:54:00:d6:de:7f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.122.1/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global virbr0
4: virbr0-nic: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master virbr0 state DOWN qlen 500
    link/ether 52:54:00:d6:de:7f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: br0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN 
    link/ether 9a:6b:33:33:ed:35 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::986b:33ff:fe33:ed35/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

[root@host ~]# virsh iface-start br0
Interface br0 started

[root@host ~]# virsh iface-list --all
Name                 State      MAC Address
--------------------------------------------
br0                  active     00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f
lo                   active     00:00:00:00:00:00

[root@host ~]# brctl show
bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces
br0		0080.001cc4ae574f	yes		em1
virbr0		8000.525400d6de7f	yes		virbr0-nic

[root@host ~]# ip addr show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: em1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master br0 state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet6 fe80::21c:c4ff:feae:574f/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN 
    link/ether 52:54:00:d6:de:7f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.122.1/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global virbr0
4: virbr0-nic: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master virbr0 state DOWN qlen 500
    link/ether 52:54:00:d6:de:7f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP 
    link/ether 00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.103/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global br0
    inet6 fe80::986b:33ff:fe33:ed35/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

[root@host ~]#

Comment 1 Dean Hunter 2013-03-09 04:51:11 UTC
There seems to be some time required between the virsh commands iface-bridge and iface-start before the iface-start will be successful. As a workaround, systemctl restart NetworkManager.service will cause the bridge to be started.

Comment 2 Dean Hunter 2013-03-09 05:01:35 UTC
[root@host ~]#   virsh iface-bridge    em1 br0 --no-start
Created bridge br0 with attached device em1

[root@host ~]#   virsh iface-list      --all
Name                 State      MAC Address
--------------------------------------------
br0                  inactive   
lo                   active     00:00:00:00:00:00

[root@host ~]#   systemctl restart NetworkManager.service  # BR 919625

Wait just a little, checking the logs or status for the restart to complete.

[root@host ~]#   virsh iface-list      --all
Name                 State      MAC Address
--------------------------------------------
br0                  active     00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f
lo                   active     00:00:00:00:00:00

[root@host ~]#   brctl show
bridge name	bridge id		STP enabled	interfaces
br0		0080.001cc4ae574f	yes		em1
virbr0		8000.52540091ed79	yes		virbr0-nic

[root@host ~]#   ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: em1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master br0 state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN mode DEFAULT 
    link/ether 52:54:00:91:ed:79 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
4: virbr0-nic: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master virbr0 state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 500
    link/ether 52:54:00:91:ed:79 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
6: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT 
    link/ether 00:1c:c4:ae:57:4f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

[root@host ~]#

Comment 3 Dean Hunter 2013-03-09 05:17:20 UTC
And a request to create a new domain with virt-install using the bridge fails in the Anaconda graphical user interface after selecting the language and while prompting for a network to use. Anaconda is never able to connect using the bridge.

  virt-install \
    --autostart \
    --cpu host \
    --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/Fedora18.img,size=20 \
    --graphics spice \
    --location /home/qemu/ISO/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso \
    --name Fedora18 \
    --network bridge=br0 \
    --os-type "linux" \
    --os-variant "fedora18" \
    --ram 2048 \
    --vcpus 2 \
    --video qxl

Comment 4 Cole Robinson 2013-12-16 19:48:21 UTC
F18 is end-of-life soon, so this issue is unlikely to be fixed there. If you can still reproduce on newer fedora, please reopen.