[ovs-dev] unix socket whitelist limits a controller to one bridge

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 07:08:07PM +0900, Jari Sundell wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:38 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 06:28:17PM +0900, Jari Sundell wrote:
> >> A while ago whitelisting of some pathnames were made for controller
> >> communication using unix sockets, however these are tied to the
> >> bridge/switch name. Afaict, that makes it difficult for a single
> >> controller to receive connections from multiple switches.
> >
> > Why? ?Can't the controller just listen on multiple sockets?
> 
> This assume the controller knows apriori what switches are going to be
> connecting and that we have an easy way of telling the controller to
> make new sockets. While it can be worked around it with multiple
> sockets that would make what should be a relatively straightforward
> design unnecessarily complex.

OK.  Send a patch.