Ovs-ofctl isn't really aware of multiple tables and will screw them up if
you use them. This is a long standing personal to-do item of mine. If you
want to submit a patch to fix it, I would very much appreciate it.
On May 31, 2013 5:15 PM, "Kris G. Lindgren" <klindg...@godaddy.com> wrote:

>  Hello all,****
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> I am trying to use the ovs-ofctl replace-flows command to add flows from a
> file that includes multiple tables.  However, I am running into some issues.
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> First, when it works all the flows are added into table 0 and the table
> that is specified in the flow is ignored:****
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> [root@g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl del-flows xenbr0-int****
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> [root@g1dlgenlab07 ~]# echo "table=1 action=normal"****
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> table=1 action=normal****
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> [root@g1dlgenlab07 ~]# echo "table=1 action=normal" > asdf****
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> [root@g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl dump-flows xenbr0-int****
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> NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):****
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> [root@g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl replace-flows xenbr0-int asdf****
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> [root@g1dlgenlab07 ~]# ovs-ofctl dump-flows xenbr0-int        ****
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> NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):****
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> cookie=0x0, duration=1.584s, table=0, n_packets=2998, n_bytes=128786,
> idle_age=0, actions=NORMAL****
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> I have tried: ****
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> Table=1,action=normal****
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> Table=1 action=normal****
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> Table=1, action=normal****
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> I have also tried specifying the flow format of “any”, without any luck.**
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> Second, most of the time that I run the above flow I loose connectivity to
> the machine.  The ip for the machine is bound to xenbr0 (not xenbr0-int)
> which is also an OVS bridge.  So whatever is going on seems to effect ovs
> as a whole.  Running ovs-ofctl del-flows xenbr0-int will restore access to
> the machine.  From KVM on the machine if I run a ovs-ofctl dump-flows
> xenbr0-int I can see the rule was added to table 0 and is matching packets,
> but connectivity to the ip on xenbr0 is still denied.****
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> I am using ovs 1.10.****
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> What am I missing something here?****
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> Regards,****
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> Kris Lindgren****
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