[ovs-dev] [PATCH 1/1] Always save ofports on kmod reload

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Jul 18 18:11:49 UTC 2014


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 02:10:04PM -0400, Andy Hill wrote:
> Not saving the ofport on kmod reloads can lead to datapath outages with some
> scenarios. Further, there doesn't seem to be a reason not to save ofports.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Hill <hillad at gmail.com>

ofports are only saved when upgrading from 1.10 because ovs-vswitchd
automatically saves and restores ofports without extra assistance in
newer versions. If this isn't working, then the thing to do is to
explain when it fails, and then fix that problem.

(Also, you didn't include the patch.)



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