[ovs-dev] Flows deletion when a port becomes inactive

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Thu Jan 28 17:47:03 UTC 2016


On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 05:11:59PM +0100, Daniele Venturino wrote:
> Hi,
> I was running some tests on Mininet and Open vSwitch and I noticed
> something weird. I'm using few bridges configured with RSTP enabled and no
> controller.
> I then generate some traffic and I'm able to see the flows installed on
> each bridge through the command
> 
> *ovs-ofctl dump-flows br0*
> 
> If I disable an active port (from which the traffic was flowing), I can
> still see the flows of that port, while I'd expect them to be moved
> (updated) on a new active path connecting the two ping endpoints.

Port status doesn't affect flows.



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