[ovs-dev] [PATCH] connmgr: Reinitialise controllers if protocols changes

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Mon Dec 3 20:33:35 UTC 2012


On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 04:30:19PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> Reinitialise controllers if the allowed OpenFlow protocols changes.
> 
> This is allows protocol changes to take effect without needing
> to restart ovs-vswitchd. However, connected controllers will
> be disconnected regardless of if the OpenFlow protocol of the
> session remains acceptable or not.
> 
> My feeling is that this is acceptable to avoid the complexity
> of further modifications to ofconn and pvconn to allow live
> updates of protocols.

Applied to master, thanks.

I'm not sure whether this is really the best way to do it, but we can
always improve it later if need be.



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