On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 01:59:51PM +0000, Robert Wojciechowicz wrote:
> When using vhost-user client or server mode with openstack,
> neutron needs to be able to construct the fully qualified socket path
> and pass it to nova.
> While the relative vhost-user socket directory is exposed via
> the `Open_vSwitch` table (other_config:vhost-sock-dir),
> the openvswith run directory is not.
> As the full socket path is the combination of the openvswitch run
> directory + relative vhost-user socket dir + interface name without
> exposing the run directory the full path cannot be calculated.
> Since `external_ids` column is meant for storing
> key-value pairs for use by external frameworks that integrate
> with Open vSwitch it is a perfect place for exposing OVS
> run directory.
> So this patch adds to the `Open_vSwitch` table `external_ids` column
> this key:
> 1. ovs-run-dir    - OVS run directory
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Wojciechowicz <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Sean K Mooney <[email protected]>
> ---
> v2:
> - documenting external-ids:ovs-run-dir in vswitch.xml

any comments to this patch?

Br,
Robert

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