[ovs-dev] [PATCH] rhel: fix ifup-ovs to delete ports first
Jiri Benc
jbenc at redhat.com
Mon Jul 20 14:21:20 UTC 2015
On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:56:21 -0300, Flavio Leitner wrote:
> When ifdown isn't executed (system didn't shut down properly),
> the interfaces remain in the openvswitch's database. For the
> internal ports or devices that are available when openvswitch
> service starts that's not an issue.
>
> However, ovs-vsctl won't do anything for devices created later
> (Linux vlan devices for instance) since they are already in the
> database. That leaves a inconsistency behind because they will
> be left out of the kernel's datapath.
>
> The ifup/ifdown will operate only on configured interfaces, so
> this patch fixes the issue by deleting the interface from the
> database before attempt to configure it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc at redhat.com>
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