On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:27:25PM +0530, hariharan_sethura...@dell.com wrote: > I am working in opendaylight. Would like to get the following clarified. > > > 1. Can a multipart reply mix up with individual reply causing invoking > client out of sync with OVS? > > For example: > ofp_port_stats_request is a request for individual port > statistics. Ofpmp_multipart_request can be a request for more port > statistcs. > > Lets say the SDN controller, requests ofpmp_multipart_request and > ofp_port_stats_request in any order to OVS. When OVS is constructing > the replies and a port status flaps (up to down) in between, is there > a chance of replies is in the order such that the SDN controller > receives the replies and sees the port status as down in first reply > (ofp_port_stats) and up in multipart replies? So at the end the > controller thinks the port status is up but the port status is down in > ovs. Is this possible? Or the mutlipart reply is always the live > status and not built on buffered?
I don't think that OpenFlow forbids interleaving of multipart replies with other replies, but no version of OVS interleaves them. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
