[Lxc-users] veth interface not deleted?

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Fajar A. Nugraha (list at fajar.net):
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha <list at fajar.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at ubuntu.com>wrote:
> >
> >>  I'm wondering
> >>
> > whether it could just be that there is a socket waiting for a tcp
> >> timeout, holding the veth open.
> >>
> >>
> > It may be the case.
> >
> > However, doing "ip link del" on the host side (after the container was
> > down) always succeded in deleting the veth.
> >
> >
> After trying with saucy and latest 3.10 kernel, still the same bug, I gave
> up trying to fix this. Just something I have to live with, I guess.
> 
> The strange thing is that dong "ip link del" from the host, even when the
> container is up, succeeded. So there should be no problem related to socket
> open.
> 
> Is there some kind of hook where I can add the "ip link del" command
> manually when the container shuts down?

lxc.network.script.down

Sorry I've not had a chance to try to reproduce, but it's an
interesting bug.