[ovs-discuss] system at dp0: execute 0, 1 failed (Invalid argument) on packet

Thu Sep 1 15:29:19 UTC 2011

No problem:

It says,

Sep  1 15:28:56 planetlab4 ovs-vswitchd: 00192|dpif|WARN|system at dp0:
execute 0,1 failed (Invalid argument) on packet 66:f3:43:38:f4:a2 >
Broadcast, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 56: Request who-has
10.43.100.104 tell 10.43.100.54, length 42
Sep  1 15:28:56 planetlab4 kernel: openvswitch_mod:
flow_metadata_from_nlattrs failed
Sep  1 15:28:57 planetlab4 ovs-vswitchd: 00193|dpif|WARN|Dropped 1 log
messages in last 1 seconds (most recently, 1 seconds ago) due to
excessive rate
Sep  1 15:28:57 planetlab4 kernel: openvswitch_mod:
flow_metadata_from_nlattrs failed
Sep  1 15:28:57 planetlab4 ovs-vswitchd: 00194|dpif|WARN|system at dp0:
execute 1 failed (Invalid argument) on packet 00:00:00:00:01:04 >
01:23:20:00:00:01, ethertype Unknown (0x27a0), length 36:
Sep  1 15:28:57 planetlab4 ovs-vswitchd: #0110x0000:  0209 0764 7069
643a 3130 3404 0302 0001  ...dpid:104.....
Sep  1 15:28:57 planetlab4 ovs-vswitchd: #0110x0010:  0602 0078 0000
                        ...x..
Sep  1 15:28:58 planetlab4 kernel: openvswitch_mod:
flow_metadata_from_nlattrs failed

Thanks,

Aaron

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
> It does seem to be the same as the message on the mailing list, which
> I don't think was ever understood.  I tried and failed to reproduce
> this with packet outs and I think that Ben was previously unsuccessful
> with LLDP packets.
>
> Can you try the attached patch?  It just breaks out the various causes
> of failure instead of reporting a generic EINVAL.  It's a kernel
> patch, so you'll have to reload the kernel module and then look for
> relevant log messages in dmesg.
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Aaron Rosen <arosen at clemson.edu> wrote:
>> Also, If it helps debug I could provide the address of my controller and you
>> could point a switch at it (unless you think this is a configuration issue
>> on my part).
>> btw: found this on the mailing list but I'm not sure if the cause was ever
>> determined
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@openvswitch.org/msg01806.html
>> P.S: Added Ben to CC since he was helping me with this problem on IRC but
>> for some reason it had seemed to resolve itself at the time.
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Aaron Rosen <arosen at clemson.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yup the same,
>>> [root at planetlab4 ~]# dmesg | grep "Open vSwitch"
>>> Open vSwitch 1.2.90, built Aug 29 2011 15:49:49
>>> [root at planetlab4 utilities]# ./ovs-appctl  version
>>> ovs-vswitchd (Open vSwitch) 1.2.90
>>> Compiled Aug 29 2011 15:50:36
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at nicira.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Can you confirm there's no mismatch?  If you're running the latest from
>>>> git, try running:
>>>>
>>>>        ./ovs-appctl version
>>>>
>>>> and:
>>>>
>>>>        dmesg | grep "Open vSwitch"
>>>>
>>>> to make sure they match.
>>>>
>>>> --Justin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 29, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Aaron Rosen wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I'm using the kernel version not the userspace ( unless my
>>>> > understanding of this is  unclear) Also, I'm near positive I'm not mixing
>>>> > versions.
>>>> >
>>>> > Aaron
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
>>>> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Aaron Rosen <arosen at clemson.edu>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> > > Hello,
>>>> > > I'm sending ARP packets from my openflow controller and everything
>>>> > > seems to
>>>> > > be working on hardware switches though on OVS I'm getting the
>>>> > > following
>>>> > > error in /var/log/messages.
>>>> > > ovs-vswitchd: 70867|dpif|WARN|Dropped 1 log messages in last 1
>>>> > > seconds (most
>>>> > > recently, 1 seconds ago) due to excessive rate
>>>> > >
>>>> > > ovs-vswitchd: 70868|dpif|WARN|system at dp0: execute 0,1 failed (Invalid
>>>> > > argument) on packet 66:f3:43:38:f4:a2 > Broadcast, ethertype ARP
>>>> > > (0x0806),
>>>> > > length 56: Request who-has 10.43.100.104 tell 10.43.100.105, length
>>>> > > 42
>>>> >
>>>> > I would check that userspace and kernel versions are the same.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Aaron O. Rosen
>>>> > Masters Student - Network Communication
>>>> > 306B Fluor Daniel
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > _______________________________________________
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>>>> > discuss at openvswitch.org
>>>> > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron O. Rosen
>>> Masters Student - Network Communication
>>> 306B Fluor Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron O. Rosen
>> Masters Student - Network Communication
>> 306B Fluor Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>

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Aaron O. Rosen
Masters Student - Network Communication
306B Fluor Daniel