[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] vswitchd: Remove port from datapath before setting ofport column to -1

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Mar 30 21:06:26 UTC 2012


On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 06:04:50PM -0700, Ansis Atteka wrote:
> This patch removes port from datapath before vswitchd sets ofport column
> to -1 (e.g. if user-space attempted to create a duplicate tunnel then
> kernel would reject config changes and leave the old tunnel with its old
> config. Hence the user-space have to remove it)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ansis Atteka <aatteka at nicira.com>

I don't yet understand the problem.  Can you explain, step-by-step,
how this comes into play and what difference it makes?

Thanks,

Ben.



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