[ovs-dev] Problems to remove hidden flows in ovs-dpdk

[Ben Pfaff]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 05:39:37PM +0100, Mauricio Vásquez wrote:
> Dear all,
> according to [1] by default ovs inserts some hidden flows that can create
> loops in particular conditions.
> 
> I am experiencing the same problem using ovs with the DPDK datapath and
> then, after configuring the controller through the command
> 
> ovs-vsct --no-wait set-controller br0 tcp:127.0.0.1:8000
> 
> I use the following commands in order to remove the hidden flows
> 
> ovs-vsct --no-wait set-controller br0 connection-mode=out-of-band
> ovs-vsct --no-wait set-controller br0 other-config:disable-in-band=true

Wrong commands.

You want:

ovs-vsctl set-controller br0 tcp:127.0.0.1:8000
ovs-vsctl set controller br0 connection-mode=out-of-band
ovs-vsctl set bridge br0 other-config:disable-in-band=true