[ovs-dev] [PATCH 6/6] vxlan: Create and delete tnl_backers in type_run()

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 09:37:30AM -0500, Kyle Mestery wrote:
> Garbage collect tnl_backers during type_run(). Add new
> tnl_backers if a VXLAN ports UDP port changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Mestery <kmestery at cisco.com>

The error handling here is bad.  If it fails to add or remove a port,
then ovs_assert() aborts the whole ovs-vswitchd process.

But I don't fully understand the code.  It looks to me like the first
time we encounter a particular dp_port_name in the inner HMAP_FOR_EACH,
we transfer that dp_port_name from tmp_simap to backer->tnl_backers.
Straightforward enough.  However, I believe that the second time we
encounter that same dp_port_name, we will not find it in tmp_simap
(because we deleted it) and will therefore try to add a new port for
it.   I believe that will fail, because there is already a port with
that dst_port, and then we'll assert-fail the process.

Am I reading the code correctly?

I've now pushed patch 1-4 to master, waiting for an ack from Jesse on
#5, waiting for your reply on this one.

Thanks,

Ben.