[Lxc-users] Lingering LXC veth interfaces

[Ken Caruso]

On 10/19/12, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Ken Caruso <ken at ipl31.net> wrote:
>> I am using system LXCs on Ubuntu 11.10 (switching to 12.04 soon). I am
>> managing the LXCs with some home grown scripts(not via libvirtd).
>>
>> If I lxc-stop a container sometimes the veth interfaces created on the
>> host do not go away immediately, I believe it is the same thing
>> described in this thread:
>>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00165.html
>>
>> Is there an easy way to clean these sockets up manually to force the
>> deletion of the veth devices?
>
> Might that be https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065589 ?
> - Dan

I don't think it is. The reason is that the lingering interface goes
away after a few minutes or less. I read the bug report and
corresponding list thread and gathered that in that situation the
interface would not go away unless it was manually removed or the host
was rebooted.

-Ken