On 29.01.2016 22:02, Guru Shetty wrote:
> This reverts commit 9b5422a98f817b9f2a1f8224cab7e1a8d0bbba1f.
> 
> Reason:
> Calling 'ovs-appctl exit' on ovs-vswitchd will cause ovs-vswitchd
> to destroy all the ports from the datapath. This is an unacceptable
> behavior while restarting the daemons.

Killing is more unacceptable here, because ovs with vhost-user port will
not be able to open this port anymore.

> Couple of reasons that come
> to mind are:
> 
> 1. Any configured ip addresses will be lost

Why this can't be solved using network-scripts or something else?

> 2. Traffic will stop flowing.

I think, this was just a side effect. IMHO, stop of traffic flowing
is an expected behaviour while you restarting the switch.

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
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