[ovs-dev] openvswitch 2.1 on openSUSE13.1 - ovsbd-server enters infinite loop

[Karol Mroz]

Hi Ben,

On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 03:20:27PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Karol Mroz <kmroz at suse.com> wrote:
> > On 2014-04-03, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 06:45:47PM +0000, Karol Mroz wrote:
> >>> On 2014-04-03, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> >>> > On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 11:15:41AM -0700, Karol Mroz wrote:
> >>> >> I'm experiencing a problem starting openvswitch 2.1 on an openSUSE13.1
> >>> >> (kernel version 3.11.10) system. Specifically, ovsdb-server enters an
> >>> >> infinite loop during logging bringup.
> >>> >
> >>> > What compiler did you build with?
> >>>
> >>> gcc version 4.8.1 20130909 [gcc-4_8-branch revision 202388] (SUSE Linux)
> >>
> >> Hmm.
> >>
> >> I have a guess about the problem.  I guess that one or more ovsdb
> >> modules are being added to the linked list multiple times, which could
> >> cause a loop.  The question, then, is why is that happening?
> >>
> >> It might be helpful to find out whether every module is being added
> >> multiple times, or just ovsdb-server.  We could find that out by
> >> applying a patch like this:
> >
> > Interesting. When I have a moment I'll apply the patch and give it a
> > test.
> 
> Did you ever figure out the problem?


I've not had time to root cause. However, your provided patch points out that
the "ovsdb-server" module is added 2x, and hence causes the loop. The remaining
modules are added only once.
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