[ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev-linux: Use underlying tap device on netdev_linux_listen().

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Dec 6 16:36:27 UTC 2012


On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 05:20:02PM -0800, Justin Pettit wrote:
> Commit acf608 (ofproto-dpif: Use a single underlying datapath across
> multiple bridges.) broke connectivity to userspace datapath devices.
> The code assumed the first caller to open a tap device with
> netdev_linux_open() wanted to write to it.  This commit moves that logic
> to when netdev_linux_listen() is called.
> 
> Thanks to Ben Pfaff for helping debug the issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com>
> Reported-by: Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>

Looks good to me.

Simon, does this solve your problem?



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