On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 02:46:05PM -0700, Ansis Atteka wrote:
> 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.
...
> > + 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.
Oops. I removed it.
> > +++ b/xenserver/usr_lib_xsconsole_plugins-base_XSFeatureVSwitch.py
> > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> > -# Copyright (c) 2007-2011, 2013 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?
Oops. Fixed.
> > #
> > # 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.
You're right, I forgot.
I've added this line to usage() in ovs-vsctl.c after the --no-wait
line:
--retry keep trying to connect to server forever\n\
> I will try to apply this patch locally and test it out. It will take
> another 30 minutes.
Thanks.
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