[ovs-discuss] Modify 'only' cookie
Ben Pfaff
blp at ovn.org
Thu Jun 22 03:30:55 UTC 2017
On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 05:11:48AM +0000, Deepak S wrote:
> Hello,
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> Is there a way to update a flow by changing only the cookie field?
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> What works:
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> ovs-ofctl mod-flows br0 cookie=1/-1,cookie=2,actions=normal
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> What I would like to have:
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> ovs-ofctl mod-flows br0 cookie=1/-1,cookie=2
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> This is required for a particular restart scenario where stale flows are deleted based on cookie.
OpenFlow doesn't have a way to modify the cookie fields without
modifying the actions.
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