Hello, Due to an unitialized script variable, we managed to create a bridge with an 'empty' name.
ovs-vsctl threw an error but the object was created nonetheless. I reproduced the error on different versions. To avoid interference with our own code and environment settings, I installed 2.6.1 on openSUSE Tumbleweed aarch64 (ARM64). Expected behaviour: Don't create the bridge/port etc when parsing the object name throws an error. When the datapath_type is also specified, OVS will start an infinite loop trying to add a port (?), increasing load to an extent that makes the system almost unresponsive. Yes, I'm aware these might be two separate issues. -- Step 1: add the bridge with 'invalid' name. localhost:~ # ovs-vsctl show d819c3b2-3018-41e9-be86-3938717fb444 ovs_version: "2.6.1" localhost:~ # ovs-vsctl --may-exist add-br "" -- set bridge "" datapath_type=netdev ovs-vsctl: Error detected while setting up ''. See ovs-vswitchd log for details. localhost:~ # ovs-vsctl show d819c3b2-3018-41e9-be86-3938717fb444 Bridge "" Port "" Interface "" type: internal ovs_version: "2.6.1" As expected, the bridge name is also displayed as "" in the db, but you cannot work on it, for example, get bridge "" doesn't work. -- Step 2: Check the log (default log level) 2017-02-03T10:38:07.487Z|00001|vlog|INFO|opened log file /var/log/openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log 2017-02-03T10:38:07.500Z|00002|ovs_numa|INFO|Discovered 4 CPU cores on NUMA node 0 2017-02-03T10:38:07.500Z|00003|ovs_numa|INFO|Discovered 1 NUMA nodes and 4 CPU cores 2017-02-03T10:38:07.501Z|00004|reconnect|INFO|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: connecting... 2017-02-03T10:38:07.501Z|00005|reconnect|INFO|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: connected 2017-02-03T10:38:07.526Z|00006|bridge|INFO|ovs-vswitchd (Open vSwitch) 2.6.1 2017-02-03T10:39:18.001Z|00007|memory|INFO|8144 kB peak resident set size after 70.5 seconds 2017-02-03T10:39:18.058Z|00008|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath supports recirculation 2017-02-03T10:39:18.059Z|00009|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: MPLS label stack length probed as 3 2017-02-03T10:39:18.059Z|00010|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath supports truncate action 2017-02-03T10:39:18.059Z|00011|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath supports unique flow ids 2017-02-03T10:39:18.059Z|00012|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath supports ct_state 2017-02-03T10:39:18.059Z|00013|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath supports ct_zone 2017-02-03T10:39:18.060Z|00014|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath supports ct_mark 2017-02-03T10:39:18.060Z|00015|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath supports ct_label 2017-02-03T10:39:18.060Z|00016|ofproto_dpif|INFO|netdev@ovs-netdev: Datapath does not support ct_state_nat 2017-02-03T10:39:18.250Z|00017|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.251Z|00018|dpif|WARN|netdev@ovs-netdev: failed to add as port: No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.329Z|00019|bridge|INFO|bridge : using datapath ID 0000a688c783dc4e 2017-02-03T10:39:18.331Z|00020|connmgr|INFO|: added service controller "punix:/var/run/openvswitch/.mgmt" 2017-02-03T10:39:18.368Z|00021|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.368Z|00022|dpif|WARN|netdev@ovs-netdev: failed to add as port: No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.515Z|00023|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.516Z|00024|dpif|WARN|netdev@ovs-netdev: failed to add as port: No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.602Z|00025|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.602Z|00026|dpif|WARN|netdev@ovs-netdev: failed to add as port: No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.701Z|00027|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.811Z|00028|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:18.925Z|00029|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:19.023Z|00030|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:19.124Z|00031|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:19.124Z|00032|dpif|WARN|Dropped 4 log messages in last 1 seconds (most recently, 0 seconds ago) due to excessive rate ... 2017-02-03T10:39:28.092Z|00061|memory|INFO|peak resident set size grew 659% in last 10.1 seconds, from 8144 kB to 61816 kB 2017-02-03T10:39:28.092Z|00062|memory|INFO|handlers:2 revalidators:2 rules:5 2017-02-03T10:39:28.125Z|00063|dpif|WARN|Dropped 9 log messages in last 1 seconds (most recently, 0 seconds ago) due to excessive rate 2017-02-03T10:39:28.125Z|00064|dpif|WARN|netdev@ovs-netdev: failed to add as port: No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:29.086Z|00065|dpif|WARN|Dropped 8 log messages in last 1 seconds (most recently, 0 seconds ago) due to excessive rate 2017-02-03T10:39:29.086Z|00066|dpif|WARN|netdev@ovs-netdev: failed to add as port: No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:30.101Z|00067|dpif|WARN|Dropped 8 log messages in last 1 seconds (most recently, 0 seconds ago) due to excessive rate 2017-02-03T10:39:30.101Z|00068|dpif|WARN|netdev@ovs-netdev: failed to add as port: No such device 2017-02-03T10:39:30.303Z|00069|netdev|WARN|Dropped 97 log messages in last 10 seconds (most recently, 0 seconds ago) due to excessive rate 2017-02-03T10:39:30.303Z|00070|netdev|WARN|failed to set flags for network device : No such device -- Step 3: Notice significant increase in system load. This only applies when the datapath type is also specified with add-br. localhost:~ # ps -C ovs-vswitchd -o start= 11:38:06 localhost:~ # uptime 11:40am up 1 day 15:49, 4 users, load average: 1.24, 0.41, 0.14 Cleaning up is possible and system load goes back to normal: localhost:~ # ovs-vsctl del-br "" localhost:~ # ovs-vsctl show d819c3b2-3018-41e9-be86-3938717fb444 ovs_version: "2.6.1" localhost:~ # best regards Gabor _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss