[ovs-discuss] ovs-ofctl replace-flows

[Kris G. Lindgren]

Hello all,

I am trying to use the ovs-ofctl replace-flows command to add flows from a file that includes multiple tables.  However, I am running into some issues.

First, when it works all the flows are added into table 0 and the table that is specified in the flow is ignored:

[root at g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl del-flows xenbr0-int
[root at g1dlgenlab07 ~]# echo "table=1 action=normal"
table=1 action=normal
[root at g1dlgenlab07 ~]# echo "table=1 action=normal" > asdf
[root at g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl dump-flows xenbr0-int
NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):
[root at g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl replace-flows xenbr0-int asdf
[root at g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl dump-flows xenbr0-int
NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):
cookie=0x0, duration=1.584s, table=0, n_packets=2998, n_bytes=128786, idle_age=0, actions=NORMAL

I have tried:
Table=1,action=normal
Table=1 action=normal
Table=1, action=normal

I have also tried specifying the flow format of "any", without any luck.

Second, most of the time that I run the above flow I loose connectivity to the machine.  The ip for the machine is bound to xenbr0 (not xenbr0-int) which is also an OVS bridge.  So whatever is going on seems to effect ovs as a whole.  Running ovs-ofctl del-flows xenbr0-int will restore access to the machine.  From KVM on the machine if I run a ovs-ofctl dump-flows xenbr0-int I can see the rule was added to table 0 and is matching packets, but connectivity to the ip on xenbr0 is still denied.

I am using ovs 1.10.

What am I missing something here?

Regards,
Kris Lindgren
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