On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 01:02:08PM +0530, Aravind Prasad S wrote: > Currently, rule_insert() API doesnot have return value. There are some > possible > scenarios where rule insertions can fail at run-time even though the static > checks during rule_construct() had passed previously. > Some possible scenarios for failure of rule insertions: > **) Rule insertions can fail dynamically in Hybrid mode (both Openflow and > Normal switch functioning coexist) where the CAM space could get suddenly > filled up by Normal switch functioning and Openflow gets devoid of > available space. > **) Some deployments could have separate independent layers for HW rule > insertions and application layer to interact with OVS. HW layer > could face any dynamic issue during rule handling which application could > not have predicted/captured in rule-construction phase. > Rule-insert errors for bundles are not handled in this pull-request. > Will be handled in upcoming pull request. > > Signed-off-by: Aravind Prasad S <raja....@gmail.com>
I don't think that ofproto-dpif can ever see such a failure. Are you planning to submit an ofproto provider that exercises this behavior? Thanks, Ben. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
