"This name uniquely identifies the link from the container of the source to the container of the target node, e.g., if the container of the source node is A, and the container of the target node is B, the link MAY be globally identified by the (ordered) tuple (A,B,)."
So the name alone does not uniquely identify a link, you need the name and direction. Its legal for containers to assign the same name to links established in opposite directions (source-target direction, not which peer initiates the link) In the context of a single connection, the container-id pair (A,B) can be replaced by a boolean flag indicating the direction of the links.
vcabbage
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4 years ago
From the spec for link name:
"This name uniquely identifies the link from the container of the source to the container of the target node, e.g., if the container of the source node is A, and the container of the target node is B, the link MAY be globally identified by the (ordered) tuple (A,B,)."
So the name alone does not uniquely identify a link, you need the name and direction. Its legal for containers to assign the same name to links established in opposite directions (source-target direction, not which peer initiates the link) In the context of a single connection, the container-id pair (A,B) can be replaced by a boolean flag indicating the direction of the links.
Fixes #195
Signed-off-by: Alan Conway aconway@redhat.com