I sent a patch series that should help a little. Would you mind testing it against the case that was causing problems? The series is posted here: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openvswitch/list/?series=13360
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 12:36:06PM -0800, Ashish Varma wrote: > Thanks Ben. > > On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:36 AM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 12:17:45PM -0800, Ashish Varma wrote: > > > a crash is seen in "netdev_ports_remove" when an interface is deleted > > and added > > > back in the system and when the interface is part of a bridge > > configuration. > > > e.g. steps: > > > create a tap0 interface using "ip tuntap add.." > > > add the tap0 interface to br0 using "ovs-vsctl add-port.." > > > delete the tap0 interface from system using "ip tuntap del.." > > > add the tap0 interface back in system using "ip tuntap add.." > > > (this changes the ifindex of the interface) > > > delete tap0 from br0 using "ovs-vsctl del-port.." > > > > > > In the function "netdev_ports_insert", two hmap entries were created for > > > mapping "portnum -> netdev" and "ifindex -> portnum". > > > When the interface is deleted from the system, the "netdev_ports_remove" > > > function is not getting called and the old ifindex entry is not getting > > > cleaned up from the "ifindex_to_port" hmap. > > > > > > As part of the fix, added function "dpif_port_remove" which will call > > > "netdev_ports_remove" in the path where the interface deletion from the > > system > > > is detected. > > > Also, in "netdev_ports_remove", added the code where the > > "ifindex_to_port_data" > > > (ifindex -> portnum map node) is getting freed when the ifindex is not > > > available any more. (as the interface is already deleted.) > > > > > > VMware-BZ: #1975788 > > > Signed-off-by: Ashish Varma <[email protected]> > > > > Thanks. I applied this to master and branch-2.8. > > > > I still think that the underlying design here is a bad one. I'm going > > to look at a better fix. > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
