On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> Until now, ovs-vsctl has kept trying to the database server until it
> succeeded or the timeout expired (if one was specified with --timeout).
> This meant that if ovsdb-server wasn't running, then ovs-vsctl would hang.
> The result was that almost every ovs-vsctl invocation in scripts specified
> a timeout on the off-chance that the database server might not be running.
> But it's difficult to choose a good timeout.  A timeout that is too short
> can cause spurious failures.  A timeout that is too long causes long delays
> if the server really isn't running.
>
> This commit should alleviate this problem.  It changes ovs-vsctl's behavior
> so that, if it fails to connect to the server, it exits unsuccessfully.
> This makes --timeout obsolete for the purpose of avoiding a hang if the
> database server isn't running.  (--timeout is still useful to avoid a hang
> if ovsdb-server is running but ovs-vswitchd is not, for ovs-vsctl commands
> that modify the database.  --no-wait also avoids that issue.)
>
> Bug #2393.
> Bug #15594.
> Reported-by: Jeff Merrick <jmerr...@vmware.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
> ---
>  AUTHORS                                            |    1 +
>  NEWS                                               |    6 +++
>  debian/ifupdown.sh                                 |    4 +-
>  lib/jsonrpc.c                                      |   24 +++++++++-
>  lib/jsonrpc.h                                      |    5 +-
>  lib/ovsdb-idl.c                                    |   19 +++++++-
>  lib/ovsdb-idl.h                                    |    6 ++-
>  lib/reconnect.c                                    |    5 +-
>  ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c                             |    2 +-
>  tests/interface-reconfigure.at                     |    4 +-
>  tests/ovs-monitor-ipsec.at                         |    2 +-
>  tests/ovs-vsctl.at                                 |   48 
> +++++++++++++++++---
>  tests/ovs-xapi-sync.at                             |    2 +-
>  tests/test-ovsdb.c                                 |    4 +-
>  utilities/bugtool/ovs-bugtool-vsctl-show           |    4 +-
>  utilities/ovs-ctl.in                               |    2 +-
>  utilities/ovs-save                                 |    6 +-
>  utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in                           |   14 ++++++
>  utilities/ovs-vsctl.c                              |   23 +++++++++-
>  vswitchd/bridge.c                                  |    2 +-
>  .../etc_xapi.d_plugins_openvswitch-cfg-update      |    4 +-
>  ...ensource_libexec_InterfaceReconfigureVswitch.py |    4 +-
>  ..._lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py |    4 +-
>  23 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
> index 9613142..ed263a1 100644
> --- a/AUTHORS
> +++ b/AUTHORS
> @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ Jan Medved              jmed...@juniper.net
>  Janis Hamme             janis.ha...@student.kit.edu
>  Jari Sundell            sundell.softw...@gmail.com
>  Jed Daniels             openvswi...@jeddaniels.com
> +Jeff Merrick            jmerr...@vmware.com
>  Jeongkeun Lee           jk...@hp.com
>  Jing Ai                 ai_jing2...@hotmail.com
>  Joan Cirer              j...@ev0.net
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 7914807..cc96880 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
>  post-v1.10.0
>  ---------------------
> +    - ovs-vsctl:
> +      * Previously ovs-vsctl would retry connecting to the database forever,
> +        causing it to hang if ovsdb-server was not running.  Now, ovs-vsctl
> +        only tries once by default (use --retry to try forever).  This change
> +        means that you may want to remove uses of --timeout to avoid hangs
> +        in ovs-vsctl calls.g
It seems that "g" is not necessary here.

>      - Stable bond mode has been removed.
>      - The autopath action has been removed.
>      - New support for the data encapsulation format of the LISP tunnel
> diff --git a/debian/ifupdown.sh b/debian/ifupdown.sh
> index f6a7750..f728f7c 100755
> --- a/debian/ifupdown.sh
> +++ b/debian/ifupdown.sh
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  #! /bin/sh
>
> -# Copyright (c) 2012 Nicira, Inc.
> +# Copyright (c) 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>  #
>  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
>  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ -z "${IF_OVS_TYPE}" ]; then
>  fi
>
>  ovs_vsctl() {
> -    ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 "$@"
> +    ovs-vsctl "$@"
>  }
>
>  if (ovs_vsctl --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
> diff --git a/lib/jsonrpc.c b/lib/jsonrpc.c
> index 50073b6..1ea5398 100644
> --- a/lib/jsonrpc.c
> +++ b/lib/jsonrpc.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  /*
> - * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
> + * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>   *
>   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
>   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> @@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ struct jsonrpc_session {
>      struct jsonrpc *rpc;
>      struct stream *stream;
>      struct pstream *pstream;
> +    int last_error;
>      unsigned int seqno;
>      uint8_t dscp;
>  };
> @@ -752,14 +753,18 @@ struct jsonrpc_session {
>   * acceptable to stream_open() or pstream_open().
>   *
>   * If 'name' is an active connection method, e.g. "tcp:127.1.2.3", the new
> - * jsonrpc_session connects and reconnects, with back-off, to 'name'.
> + * jsonrpc_session connects to 'name'.  If 'retry' is true, then the new
> + * session connects and reconnects to 'name', with backoff.  If 'retry' is
> + * false, the new session will only try to connect once and after a 
> connection
> + * failure or a disconnection jsonrpc_session_is_alive() will return false 
> for
> + * the new session.
>   *
>   * If 'name' is a passive connection method, e.g. "ptcp:", the new
>   * jsonrpc_session listens for connections to 'name'.  It maintains at most 
> one
>   * connection at any given time.  Any new connection causes the previous one
>   * (if any) to be dropped. */
>  struct jsonrpc_session *
> -jsonrpc_session_open(const char *name)
> +jsonrpc_session_open(const char *name, bool retry)
>  {
>      struct jsonrpc_session *s;
>
> @@ -772,9 +777,13 @@ jsonrpc_session_open(const char *name)
>      s->pstream = NULL;
>      s->seqno = 0;
>      s->dscp = 0;
> +    s->last_error = 0;
>
>      if (!pstream_verify_name(name)) {
>          reconnect_set_passive(s->reconnect, true, time_msec());
> +    } else if (!retry) {
> +        reconnect_set_max_tries(s->reconnect, 1);
> +        reconnect_set_backoff(s->reconnect, INT_MAX, INT_MAX);
>      }
>
>      if (!stream_or_pstream_needs_probes(name)) {
> @@ -847,6 +856,8 @@ jsonrpc_session_connect(struct jsonrpc_session *s)
>          error = jsonrpc_stream_open(name, &s->stream, s->dscp);
>          if (!error) {
>              reconnect_connecting(s->reconnect, time_msec());
> +        } else {
> +            s->last_error = error;
>          }
>      } else {
>          error = s->pstream ? 0 : jsonrpc_pstream_open(name, &s->pstream,
> @@ -908,6 +919,7 @@ jsonrpc_session_run(struct jsonrpc_session *s)
>          if (error) {
>              reconnect_disconnected(s->reconnect, time_msec(), error);
>              jsonrpc_session_disconnect(s);
> +            s->last_error = error;
>          }
>      } else if (s->stream) {
>          int error;
> @@ -1061,6 +1073,12 @@ jsonrpc_session_get_status(const struct 
> jsonrpc_session *s)
>      return s && s->rpc ? jsonrpc_get_status(s->rpc) : 0;
>  }
>
> +int
> +jsonrpc_session_get_last_error(const struct jsonrpc_session *s)
> +{
> +    return s->last_error;
> +}
> +
>  void
>  jsonrpc_session_get_reconnect_stats(const struct jsonrpc_session *s,
>                                      struct reconnect_stats *stats)
> diff --git a/lib/jsonrpc.h b/lib/jsonrpc.h
> index b5acf89..0ae205d 100644
> --- a/lib/jsonrpc.h
> +++ b/lib/jsonrpc.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  /*
> - * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
> + * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>   *
>   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
>   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct json *jsonrpc_msg_to_json(struct jsonrpc_msg *);
>
>  /* A JSON-RPC session with reconnection. */
>
> -struct jsonrpc_session *jsonrpc_session_open(const char *name);
> +struct jsonrpc_session *jsonrpc_session_open(const char *name, bool retry);
>  struct jsonrpc_session *jsonrpc_session_open_unreliably(struct jsonrpc *,
>                                                          uint8_t);
>  void jsonrpc_session_close(struct jsonrpc_session *);
> @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ bool jsonrpc_session_is_alive(const struct 
> jsonrpc_session *);
>  bool jsonrpc_session_is_connected(const struct jsonrpc_session *);
>  unsigned int jsonrpc_session_get_seqno(const struct jsonrpc_session *);
>  int jsonrpc_session_get_status(const struct jsonrpc_session *);
> +int jsonrpc_session_get_last_error(const struct jsonrpc_session *);
>  void jsonrpc_session_get_reconnect_stats(const struct jsonrpc_session *,
>                                           struct reconnect_stats *);
>
> diff --git a/lib/ovsdb-idl.c b/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
> index 0c644a5..116aa86 100644
> --- a/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
> +++ b/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
> @@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ static void ovsdb_idl_parse_lock_notify(struct ovsdb_idl 
> *,
>   * 'class'.  (Ordinarily 'class' is compiled from an OVSDB schema 
> automatically
>   * by ovsdb-idlc.)
>   *
> + * Passes 'retry' to jsonrpc_session_open().  See that function for
> + * documentation.
> + *
>   * If 'monitor_everything_by_default' is true, then everything in the remote
>   * database will be replicated by default.  ovsdb_idl_omit() and
>   * ovsdb_idl_omit_alert() may be used to selectively drop some columns from
> @@ -168,7 +171,7 @@ static void ovsdb_idl_parse_lock_notify(struct ovsdb_idl 
> *,
>   */
>  struct ovsdb_idl *
>  ovsdb_idl_create(const char *remote, const struct ovsdb_idl_class *class,
> -                 bool monitor_everything_by_default)
> +                 bool monitor_everything_by_default, bool retry)
>  {
>      struct ovsdb_idl *idl;
>      uint8_t default_mode;
> @@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ ovsdb_idl_create(const char *remote, const struct 
> ovsdb_idl_class *class,
>
>      idl = xzalloc(sizeof *idl);
>      idl->class = class;
> -    idl->session = jsonrpc_session_open(remote);
> +    idl->session = jsonrpc_session_open(remote, retry);
>      shash_init(&idl->table_by_name);
>      idl->tables = xmalloc(class->n_tables * sizeof *idl->tables);
>      for (i = 0; i < class->n_tables; i++) {
> @@ -412,6 +415,18 @@ ovsdb_idl_verify_write_only(struct ovsdb_idl *idl)
>  {
>      idl->verify_write_only = true;
>  }
> +
> +bool
> +ovsdb_idl_is_alive(const struct ovsdb_idl *idl)
> +{
> +    return jsonrpc_session_is_alive(idl->session);
> +}
> +
> +int
> +ovsdb_idl_get_last_error(const struct ovsdb_idl *idl)
> +{
> +    return jsonrpc_session_get_last_error(idl->session);
> +}
>
>  static unsigned char *
>  ovsdb_idl_get_mode(struct ovsdb_idl *idl,
> diff --git a/lib/ovsdb-idl.h b/lib/ovsdb-idl.h
> index b428501..6b5e198 100644
> --- a/lib/ovsdb-idl.h
> +++ b/lib/ovsdb-idl.h
> @@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ struct uuid;
>
>  struct ovsdb_idl *ovsdb_idl_create(const char *remote,
>                                     const struct ovsdb_idl_class *,
> -                                   bool monitor_everything_by_default);
> +                                   bool monitor_everything_by_default,
> +                                   bool retry);
>  void ovsdb_idl_destroy(struct ovsdb_idl *);
>
>  void ovsdb_idl_run(struct ovsdb_idl *);
> @@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ unsigned int ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
>  bool ovsdb_idl_has_ever_connected(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
>  void ovsdb_idl_force_reconnect(struct ovsdb_idl *);
>  void ovsdb_idl_verify_write_only(struct ovsdb_idl *);
> +
> +bool ovsdb_idl_is_alive(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
> +int ovsdb_idl_get_last_error(const struct ovsdb_idl *);
>
>  /* Choosing columns and tables to replicate. */
>
> diff --git a/lib/reconnect.c b/lib/reconnect.c
> index 40cc7fc..b914ef6 100644
> --- a/lib/reconnect.c
> +++ b/lib/reconnect.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  /*
> - * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
> + * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>   *
>   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
>   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> @@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ reconnect_get_max_tries(struct reconnect *fsm)
>
>  /* Configures the backoff parameters for 'fsm'.  'min_backoff' is the minimum
>   * number of milliseconds, and 'max_backoff' is the maximum, between 
> connection
> - * attempts.
> + * attempts.  The current backoff is also the duration that 'fsm' is willing 
> to
> + * wait for a given connection to succeed or fail.
>   *
>   * 'min_backoff' must be at least 1000, and 'max_backoff' must be greater 
> than
>   * or equal to 'min_backoff'.
> diff --git a/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c b/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c
> index 16c4a76..6e0a6f6 100644
> --- a/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c
> +++ b/ovsdb/jsonrpc-server.c
> @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ ovsdb_jsonrpc_server_add_remote(struct 
> ovsdb_jsonrpc_server *svr,
>      shash_add(&svr->remotes, name, remote);
>
>      if (!listener) {
> -        ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_create(remote, jsonrpc_session_open(name));
> +        ovsdb_jsonrpc_session_create(remote, jsonrpc_session_open(name, 
> true));
>      }
>      return remote;
>  }
> diff --git a/tests/interface-reconfigure.at b/tests/interface-reconfigure.at
> index 59507ff..fdfe12e 100644
> --- a/tests/interface-reconfigure.at
> +++ b/tests/interface-reconfigure.at
> @@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ configure_datapath: bridge      - xenbr2
>  configure_datapath: physical    - [u'eth2']
>  configure_datapath: extra ports - []
>  configure_datapath: extra bonds - []
> -/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 -vconsole:off get-fail-mode xenbr2
> +/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl -vconsole:off get-fail-mode xenbr2
>  Applying changes to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-xenbr2 configuration
>  Applying changes to /etc/sysconfig/network configuration
>  Applying changes to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-xenbr2 configuration
> @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ Applying changes to 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-xenbr2 configuration
>      set Bridge xenbr2 fail_mode=secure
>      remove Bridge xenbr2 other_config disable-in-band
>      br-set-external-id xenbr2 xs-network-uuids 
> d08c8749-0c8f-9e8d-ce25-fd364661ee99
> -/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 -vconsole:off get interface eth2 ofport
> +/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl -vconsole:off get interface eth2 ofport
>  /usr/bin/ovs-ofctl add-flow xenbr2 
> idle_timeout=0,priority=0,in_port=5,arp,nw_proto=1,actions=local
>  /usr/bin/ovs-ofctl add-flow xenbr2 
> idle_timeout=0,priority=0,in_port=local,arp,dl_src=00:15:17:a0:29:80,actions=5
>  /usr/bin/ovs-ofctl add-flow xenbr2 
> idle_timeout=0,priority=0,in_port=5,dl_dst=00:15:17:a0:29:80,actions=local
> diff --git a/tests/ovs-monitor-ipsec.at b/tests/ovs-monitor-ipsec.at
> index e66c943..bd150cf 100644
> --- a/tests/ovs-monitor-ipsec.at
> +++ b/tests/ovs-monitor-ipsec.at
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ chmod +x usr/sbin/setkey
>  touch etc/racoon/certs/ovs-stale.pem
>
>  ovs_vsctl () {
> -    ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 --no-wait -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket "$@"
> +    ovs-vsctl --no-wait -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket "$@"
>  }
>  trim () {  # Removes blank lines and lines starting with # from input.
>      sed -e '/^#/d' -e '/^[       ]*$/d' "$@"
> diff --git a/tests/ovs-vsctl.at b/tests/ovs-vsctl.at
> index 326d5a4..c5c3f47 100644
> --- a/tests/ovs-vsctl.at
> +++ b/tests/ovs-vsctl.at
> @@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ dnl RUN_OVS_VSCTL(COMMAND, ...)
>  dnl
>  dnl Executes each ovs-vsctl COMMAND.
>  m4_define([RUN_OVS_VSCTL],
> -  [m4_foreach([command], [$@], [ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 --no-wait 
> -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket command
> +  [m4_foreach([command], [$@], [ovs-vsctl --no-wait -vreconnect:emer 
> --db=unix:socket command
>  ])])
>  m4_define([RUN_OVS_VSCTL_ONELINE],
> -  [m4_foreach([command], [$@], [ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 --no-wait 
> -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket --oneline -- command
> +  [m4_foreach([command], [$@], [ovs-vsctl --no-wait -vreconnect:emer 
> --db=unix:socket --oneline -- command
>  ])])
>
>  dnl RUN_OVS_VSCTL_TOGETHER(COMMAND, ...)
>  dnl
>  dnl Executes each ovs-vsctl COMMAND in a single run of ovs-vsctl.
>  m4_define([RUN_OVS_VSCTL_TOGETHER],
> -  [ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 --no-wait -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket 
> --oneline dnl
> +  [ovs-vsctl --no-wait -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket --oneline dnl
>  m4_foreach([command], [$@], [ -- command])])
>
>  dnl CHECK_BRIDGES([BRIDGE, PARENT, VLAN], ...)
> @@ -140,6 +140,40 @@ m4_define([CHECK_IFACES],
>                 [], [OVS_VSCTL_CLEANUP])])])
>
>  dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> +AT_BANNER([ovs-vsctl unit tests])
> +
> +AT_SETUP([ovs-vsctl connection retry])
> +OVS_RUNDIR=$PWD; export OVS_RUNDIR
> +
> +dnl Without --retry, there should be no retry for active connections.
> +AT_CHECK([ovs-vsctl --db=unix:foo --timeout=10 -vreconnect:emer -- init],
> +  [1], [], [stderr])
> +AT_CHECK([[sed 's/([^()]*)/(...reason...)/' stderr]], [0],
> +  [ovs-vsctl: unix:foo: database connection failed (...reason...)
> +])
> +
> +dnl With --retry, we should retry for active connections.
> +AT_CHECK(
> +  [ovs-vsctl --db=unix:foo --timeout=1 --retry -vreconnect:emer 
> -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' -- init
> +   echo $? > status],
> +  [0], [], [stderr])
> +AT_CHECK([grep -c 'terminating with signal' stderr], [0], [1
> +])
> +AT_CHECK([kill -l `cat status`], [0], [ALRM
> +])
> +
> +dnl Without --retry, we should retry for passive connections.
> +AT_CHECK(
> +  [ovs-vsctl --db=punix:foo --timeout=1 -vreconnect:emer 
> -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' -- init
> +   echo $? > status],
> +  [0], [], [stderr])
> +AT_CHECK([grep -c 'terminating with signal' stderr], [0], [1
> +])
> +AT_CHECK([kill -l `cat status`], [0], [ALRM
> +])
> +AT_CLEANUP
> +
> +dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  AT_BANNER([ovs-vsctl unit tests -- real bridges])
>
>  AT_SETUP([add-br a])
> @@ -833,7 +867,7 @@ AT_CHECK(
>
>  ])
>  m4_define([VSCTL_CHECK_FIND],
> -  [AT_CHECK([echo `ovs-vsctl --bare --timeout=5 --no-wait -vreconnect:emer 
> --db=unix:socket -- --columns=name find bridge '$1' | sort`], [0], [$2
> +  [AT_CHECK([echo `ovs-vsctl --bare --no-wait -vreconnect:emer 
> --db=unix:socket -- --columns=name find bridge '$1' | sort`], [0], [$2
>  ])])
>
>  # Arithmetic relational operators without keys.
> @@ -1044,19 +1078,19 @@ AT_SETUP([unreferenced record warnings])
>  AT_KEYWORDS([ovs-vsctl])
>  OVS_VSCTL_SETUP
>  AT_CHECK(
> -  [ovs-vsctl -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' --timeout=5 --no-wait 
> -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket \
> +  [ovs-vsctl -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' --no-wait -vreconnect:emer 
> --db=unix:socket \
>       -- create Bridge name=br0 | $srcdir/uuidfilt.pl],
>    [0], [<0>
>  ], [vsctl|WARN|applying "create" command to table Bridge without --id option 
> will have no effect
>  ], [OVS_VSCTL_CLEANUP])
>  AT_CHECK(
> -  [ovs-vsctl -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' --timeout=5 --no-wait 
> -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket \
> +  [ovs-vsctl -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' --no-wait -vreconnect:emer 
> --db=unix:socket \
>       -- --id=@br0 create Bridge name=br0 | $srcdir/uuidfilt.pl],
>    [0], [<0>
>  ], [vsctl|WARN|row id "@br0" was created but no reference to it was 
> inserted, so it will not actually appear in the database
>  ], [OVS_VSCTL_CLEANUP])
>  AT_CHECK(
> -  [ovs-vsctl -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' --timeout=5 --no-wait 
> -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket \
> +  [ovs-vsctl -vPATTERN:console:'%c|%p|%m' --no-wait -vreconnect:emer 
> --db=unix:socket \
>       -- --id=@eth0_iface create Interface name=eth0 \
>       -- --id=@eth0 create Port name=eth0 interfaces=@eth0_iface \
>       -- --id=@m0 create Mirror name=m0 output_port=@eth0 \
> diff --git a/tests/ovs-xapi-sync.at b/tests/ovs-xapi-sync.at
> index 29d4737..b55eecd 100644
> --- a/tests/ovs-xapi-sync.at
> +++ b/tests/ovs-xapi-sync.at
> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mkdir var var/run
>  touch var/run/xapi_init_complete.cookie
>
>  ovs_vsctl () {
> -    ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 --no-wait -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket "$@"
> +    ovs-vsctl --no-wait -vreconnect:emer --db=unix:socket "$@"
>  }
>
>  # Start ovsdb-server.
> diff --git a/tests/test-ovsdb.c b/tests/test-ovsdb.c
> index d448109..81b5f9f 100644
> --- a/tests/test-ovsdb.c
> +++ b/tests/test-ovsdb.c
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  /*
> - * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
> + * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>   *
>   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
>   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> @@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ do_idl(int argc, char *argv[])
>
>      idltest_init();
>
> -    idl = ovsdb_idl_create(argv[1], &idltest_idl_class, true);
> +    idl = ovsdb_idl_create(argv[1], &idltest_idl_class, true, true);
>      if (argc > 2) {
>          struct stream *stream;
>
> diff --git a/utilities/bugtool/ovs-bugtool-vsctl-show 
> b/utilities/bugtool/ovs-bugtool-vsctl-show
> index fe433d8..26e46e5 100755
> --- a/utilities/bugtool/ovs-bugtool-vsctl-show
> +++ b/utilities/bugtool/ovs-bugtool-vsctl-show
> @@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
>  # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
>  # USA
>  #
> -# Copyright (C) 2012 Nicira, Inc.
> +# Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>
> -ovs-vsctl --timeout=5 show
> +ovs-vsctl show
> diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
> index 6bad187..5ad5f26 100755
> --- a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
> +++ b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
> @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ insert_mod_if_required () {
>  }
>
>  ovs_vsctl () {
> -    ovs-vsctl --no-wait --timeout=5 "$@"
> +    ovs-vsctl --no-wait "$@"
>  }
>
>  ovsdb_tool () {
> diff --git a/utilities/ovs-save b/utilities/ovs-save
> index 16ac879..b46f98d 100755
> --- a/utilities/ovs-save
> +++ b/utilities/ovs-save
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  #! /bin/sh
>
> -# Copyright (c) 2011 Nicira, Inc.
> +# Copyright (c) 2011, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>  #
>  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
>  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ save_flows () {
>  }
>
>  ovs_vsctl () {
> -    ovs-vsctl --no-wait --timeout=1 "$@"
> +    ovs-vsctl --no-wait "$@"
>  }
>
>  save_ofports ()
> @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ save_ofports ()
>          count=0
>          for iface in `ovs_vsctl list-ifaces ${bridge}`; do
>              ofport=`ovs_vsctl get interface ${iface} ofport`
> -            [ "${count}" -eq 0 ] && cmd="ovs-vsctl --no-wait --timeout=1"
> +            [ "${count}" -eq 0 ] && cmd="ovs-vsctl --no-wait"
>              cmd="${cmd} -- --if-exists set interface "${iface}" \
>                       ofport_request="${ofport}""
>
> diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
> index cf6cf88..85149a9 100644
> --- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
> +++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.8.in
> @@ -127,6 +127,20 @@ to approximately \fIsecs\fR seconds.  If the timeout 
> expires,
>  would normally happen only if the database cannot be contacted, or if
>  the system is overloaded.)
>  .
> +.IP "\fB\-\-retry\fR"
> +Without this option, if \fBovs\-vsctl\fR connects outward to the
> +database server (the default) then \fBovs\-vsctl\fR will try to
> +connect once and exit with an error if the connection fails (which
> +usually means that \fBovsdb\-server\fR is not running).
> +.IP
> +With this option, or if \fB\-\-db\fR specifies that \fBovs\-vsctl\fR
> +should listen for an incoming connection from the database server,
> +then \fBovs\-vsctl\fR will wait for a connection to the database
> +forever.
> +.IP
> +Regardless of this setting, \fB\-\-timeout\fR always limits how long
> +\fBovs\-vsctl\fR will wait.
> +.
>  .SS "Table Formatting Options"
>  These options control the format of output from the \fBlist\fR and
>  \fBfind\fR commands.
> diff --git a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.c b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.c
> index 1ba8588..5388f3d 100644
> --- a/utilities/ovs-vsctl.c
> +++ b/utilities/ovs-vsctl.c
> @@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ static bool wait_for_reload = true;
>  /* --timeout: Time to wait for a connection to 'db'. */
>  static int timeout;
>
> +/* --retry: If true, ovs-vsctl will retry connecting to the database forever.
> + * If false and --db says to use an active connection method (e.g. "unix:",
> + * "tcp:", "ssl:"), then ovs-vsctl will try to connect once and exit with an
> + * error if the database server cannot be contacted (e.g. ovsdb-server is not
> + * running).
> + *
> + * Regardless of this setting, --timeout always limits how long ovs-vsctl 
> will
> + * wait. */
> +static bool retry;
> +
>  /* Format for table output. */
>  static struct table_style table_style = TABLE_STYLE_DEFAULT;
>
> @@ -186,7 +196,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>      }
>
>      /* Initialize IDL. */
> -    idl = the_idl = ovsdb_idl_create(db, &ovsrec_idl_class, false);
> +    idl = the_idl = ovsdb_idl_create(db, &ovsrec_idl_class, false, retry);
>      run_prerequisites(commands, n_commands, idl);
>
>      /* Execute the commands.
> @@ -199,6 +209,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>      seqno = ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(idl);
>      for (;;) {
>          ovsdb_idl_run(idl);
> +        if (!ovsdb_idl_is_alive(idl)) {
> +            int retval = ovsdb_idl_get_last_error(idl);
> +            vsctl_fatal("%s: database connection failed (%s)",
> +                        db, ovs_retval_to_string(retval));
> +        }
>
>          if (seqno != ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(idl)) {
>              seqno = ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(idl);
> @@ -247,6 +262,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[], struct shash 
> *local_options)
>          OPT_DRY_RUN,
>          OPT_PEER_CA_CERT,
>          OPT_LOCAL,
> +        OPT_RETRY,
>          VLOG_OPTION_ENUMS,
>          TABLE_OPTION_ENUMS
>      };
> @@ -257,6 +273,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[], struct shash 
> *local_options)
>          {"dry-run", no_argument, NULL, OPT_DRY_RUN},
>          {"oneline", no_argument, NULL, OPT_ONELINE},
>          {"timeout", required_argument, NULL, 't'},
> +        {"retry", no_argument, NULL, OPT_RETRY},
>          {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
>          {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
>          VLOG_LONG_OPTIONS,
> @@ -384,6 +401,10 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[], struct shash 
> *local_options)
>              }
>              break;
>
> +        case OPT_RETRY:
> +            retry = true;
> +            break;
> +
>          VLOG_OPTION_HANDLERS
>          TABLE_OPTION_HANDLERS(&table_style)
>
> diff --git a/vswitchd/bridge.c b/vswitchd/bridge.c
> index 1fd431c..9449879 100644
> --- a/vswitchd/bridge.c
> +++ b/vswitchd/bridge.c
> @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ void
>  bridge_init(const char *remote)
>  {
>      /* Create connection to database. */
> -    idl = ovsdb_idl_create(remote, &ovsrec_idl_class, true);
> +    idl = ovsdb_idl_create(remote, &ovsrec_idl_class, true, true);
>      idl_seqno = ovsdb_idl_get_seqno(idl);
>      ovsdb_idl_set_lock(idl, "ovs_vswitchd");
>      ovsdb_idl_verify_write_only(idl);
> diff --git a/xenserver/etc_xapi.d_plugins_openvswitch-cfg-update 
> b/xenserver/etc_xapi.d_plugins_openvswitch-cfg-update
> index 02927f8..2df838a 100755
> --- a/xenserver/etc_xapi.d_plugins_openvswitch-cfg-update
> +++ b/xenserver/etc_xapi.d_plugins_openvswitch-cfg-update
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  # ovs-vswitchd configuration that are managed in the xapi database when
>  # integrated with Citrix management tools.
>
> -# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Nicira, Inc.
> +# Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
>  #
>  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
>  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def setControllerCfg(controller):
>                     "--", "set-manager", 'ssl:' + controller + ':6632'])
>
>  def vswitchCfgQuery(action_args):
> -    cmd = [vsctl, "--timeout=5", "-vconsole:off"] + action_args
> +    cmd = [vsctl, "-vconsole:off"] + action_args
>      output = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
>      if len(output) == 0 or output[0] == None:
>          output = ""
> diff --git a/xenserver/opt_xensource_libexec_InterfaceReconfigureVswitch.py 
> b/xenserver/opt_xensource_libexec_InterfaceReconfigureVswitch.py
> index 971f918..1379fb4 100644
> --- a/xenserver/opt_xensource_libexec_InterfaceReconfigureVswitch.py
> +++ b/xenserver/opt_xensource_libexec_InterfaceReconfigureVswitch.py
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>  # Copyright (c) 2008,2009,2011 Citrix Systems, Inc.
> -# Copyright (c) 2009,2010,2011,2012 Nicira, Inc.
> +# Copyright (c) 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013 Nicira, Inc.
>  #
>  # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>  # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
> @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ class DatapathVswitch(Datapath):
>
>  def vswitchCfgQuery(action_args):
>      cmd = ['%s/usr/bin/ovs-vsctl' % root_prefix(),
> -        '--timeout=5', '-vconsole:off'] + action_args
> +           '-vconsole:off'] + action_args
>      output = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
>      if len(output) == 0 or output[0] == None:
>          output = ""
> diff --git a/xenserver/usr_lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py 
> b/xenserver/usr_lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py
> index f62eaa8..06a7a16 100644
> --- a/xenserver/usr_lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py
> +++ b/xenserver/usr_lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Citrix Systems Inc.
> +# Copyright (c) 2007-2011, 2013 Citrix Systems Inc.
>  # Copyright (c) 2009,2010,2011,2012 Nicira, Inc.
Not sure, but did not you have to increase year for Nicira, Inc. line?
>  #
>  # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class VSwitchConfig:
>      @staticmethod
>      def Get(action):
>          try:
> -            arg = [vsctl, "--timeout=30", "-vconsole:off"] + action.split()
> +            arg = [vsctl, "-vconsole:off"] + action.split()
>              output = ShellPipe(arg).Stdout()
>          except StandardError, e:
>              XSLogError("config retrieval error: " + str(e))
> --


Perhaps I missed it, but did you add explanation for "--retry" flag to
usage()? I see documentation only in ovs-vsctl man page.

I will try to apply this patch locally and test it out. It will take
another 30 minutes.

Thanks,
Ansis
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