On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:23:05AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 07:42:12PM +0900, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> > The following OF packets may produce the wrong result as follows.
> > It depends on how ovs-vswitchd serves OF packets. Sending the OF packets
> > in single TCP packet will increase the possiblity.
> > 
> > OF request:
> >   feature request
> >   port_mod with config LINK DOWN
> >   barrier
> >   feature request
> > 
> > The replies:
> >   feature reply with port config UP
> >   barrier
> >   feature reply with port config UP (this should be DOWN because
> >                                      it's after barrier)
> >   port status with port config = DOWN and port status = DOWN
> > 
> > The direct cause is updte_port_config() @ ofproto/ofproto.c doesn't update
> > ofputil_phy_port::config. And later the config member is updated
> > by update_port() in main loop().
> > It seems that it tries to produce port_status event due to config change.
> > But changing other OFPC flags doesn't generate port_status event, so it's
> > consistent not to generate the event when OFPC_LINK_DOWN flag is changed.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <yamah...@valinux.co.jp>
> > ---
> > I can't find any explicit description in the spec about whether to generate
> > port_status event when OFPC_ flags are changed.
> > So which way do we like? generate port_status event or not?
> > Anyway I think port_status event should be generated (or not generated)
> > independently on which flags are changed.
> 
> I think it would be better to generate a port status event for any
> change, rather than to never generate port status events.  Will you
> write an alternative patch that implements that behavior?  Thanks.

Sure, will do.
-- 
yamahata
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