Hi.  We do test OFPFC_DELETE with out_port.  What's in your flow table
and what is an example of a command that fails?

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:50:50PM +0200, Alejandro Llorens Carrodeguas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Thanks for your quick response.
> 
> In order to clarify our use case, I share the method that should delete the
> flows according to certain outport match.
> Our scenario is formed by a Ryu Controller (version 4.34) and an OVS switch
> (version 2.15.90) that interconnect several machines. Both applications
> (controller and OVS switch) run in the same VM with Ubuntu Server 18.04. Our
> idea is to delete the existing OpenFlow rules associated to a given a port
> that connects a failed host.
> As you can see in the method to delete the flows, we save the information
> port in a dictionary called host_ovsports where the keys are the host id and
> the values are the OVS ports. Thus, the controller can know the port that
> connects a given host.
> 
> def del_flow():
>         """
>         Delete specific flows taking into account a matching outport
>         """
>         outport = host_ovsports[host_id]
>          ofproto = switch_datapath.ofproto
>          parser = switch_datapath.ofproto_parser
>          cmd = ofproto.OFPFC_DELETE
>          match = parser.OFPMatch()
>          mod = parser.OFPFlowMod(datapath= switch_datapath,
> table_id=ofproto.OFPTT_ALL, command=cmd, out_port=outport)
>           switch_datapath.send_msg(mod)
> 
> I also attach a simplified topology of our use case and what we want to do.
> If you need more information let me know.
> We are having a similar problem to the one described in the following link:
> https://ryu-devel.narkive.com/i8Kl0aFy/ryu-delete-flow-entry-basing-on-prior
> ity#post4
> 
> They are trying to delete a flow based on the priority and we want to do it
> by taking into account the outport.
> 
> Thank in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alejandro Llorens
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Pfaff <b...@ovn.org>
> Sent: jueves, 15 de julio de 2021 1:45
> To: Alejandro Llorens Carrodeguas <alejandro.llor...@entel.upc.edu>
> Cc: b...@openvswitch.org; 'Irian' <irian.le...@entel.upc.edu>; 'Cristina
> Cervelló-Pastor' <crist...@entel.upc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OFPFC_DELETE and OFPFC_DELETE_STRICT commands
> don't delete openflow rules
> 
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 06:34:46PM +0200, Alejandro Llorens Carrodeguas
> wrote:
> > We’re having trouble deleting OpenFlow rules using the OFPFC_DELETE or 
> > OFPFC_DELETE_STRICT commands that send a Ryu controller to the OVS switch.
> 
> Thanks for the report.
> 
> So far, you've just told us that these commands don't work for your case.  I
> can assure you that they do work in the cases we know about.
> So, we will need an example or a way to reproduce the problem.  The easiest
> you make it for us, the easier it will be to understand the problem you're
> seeing and either explain why your expectations are wrong or to fix the
> problem.
> 
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