[ovs-dev] [PATCH 0/4] RFC: database backed logging console

[Ben Pfaff]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 06:01:17PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:
> On 12/04/2012 08:25 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> >It tells a human user that the operation failed.  It could also notify
> >a script that the operation failed, e.g. if we decided to return a
> >nonzero exit status.  (ovs-vsctl is intended for use by both humans
> >and programs.)
> >
> >I'm perfectly willing to add another column, or use another existing
> >column, to provide more detail about why a particular port or
> >interface cannot be added.
> 
> I'm not against that at all. I will be glad to come up with a patch that
> does just that and allow to exit ovs-vsctl with a proper exit code in
> case add-port fails.

It sounds like all parties are happy with that as a starting point, so
why don't we start there.

> OTOH, I doubt that it will be possible to implement
> this for all error scenarios that may occur while a bridge reconfigures.

I agree.