On 7/13/26 4:40 PM, David Marchand wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jul 2026 at 16:08, Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The test creates an OpenFlow pipeline with deeply nested resubmits
>> in order to trigger packet drops with the 'too many resubmits' reason.
>>
>> However, it doesn't use bundles and the priorities on the rules are
>> the same while matches can technically overlap between the in_port
>> ones and the dl_type ones.  So, if a packet, e.g., ICMPv6 ND, enters
>> OVS while the pipeline is not fully configured yet, this packet can
>> hit only a subset of resubmits that doesn't reach the limit and it
>> will be sent many times to the local port.  This could confuse the
>> system and mess up counters, as well as create a lot of unnecessary
>> traffic.
>>
>> Let's set the rules up more carefully with proper priorities and
>> passing ICMPv6 traffic via normal pipeline, so only ICMP packets
>> generated by the ping will hit the resubmits.  Also using a bundle,
>> so packets never hit a partially configured pipeline.
>>
>> Fixes: edf56245b828 ("tests: system-traffic: Add coverage for drop action.")
>> Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]>
> 
> I would have written the rules in the other way: narrow down the
> resubmit rule with a priority, and a icmp filter, and let in place the
> default rule with normal action.

Yeah, there are a few ways to get to a similar result, it doesn't
matter much.

> But this current form looks good to me.
> 
> Acked-by: David Marchand <[email protected]>

Thanks.  There is some other issue with this test, I got a different
failure with this patch applied - dumped datapath flows have
used:never and the expected output doesn't match because of this.
Need to take a closer look and send v2 or a separate patch.  But it's
not related to the dynamic batches patch set.

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
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