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Diffstat (limited to 'nova/flags.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | nova/flags.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nova/flags.py b/nova/flags.py index 6fc3100f8..e385c114f 100644 --- a/nova/flags.py +++ b/nova/flags.py @@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ def DECLARE(name, module_string, flag_values=FLAGS): def _get_my_ip(): - """Returns the actual ip of the local machine.""" + """ + Returns the actual ip of the local machine. + + This code figures out what source address would be used if some traffic + were to be sent out to some well known address on the Internet. In this + case, a Google DNS server is used, but the specific address does not + matter much. No traffic is actually sent. + """ try: csock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) csock.connect(('8.8.8.8', 80)) |