On 3/2/21 6:52 AM, Frode Nordahl wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 9:26 PM Ilya Maximets <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 2/25/21 4:28 PM, Frode Nordahl wrote: >>> ovs-ctl determines the system FQDN or hostname and records it in >>> the `external-ids:hostname` field of the `Open-vSwitch` table on >>> system startup if it is not already set. >>> >>> This value may be consumed by downstream software and having it >>> unset or set to a incorrect value could lead to erratic behavior >>> of a system. >>> >>> When a system is configured to use an Open vSwitch controlled >>> datapath as its only network connection, the current ordering of >>> events would always record a unreliable hostname. >>> >>> To tackle this problem this patchs adds an optional argument that >>> allows starting Open vSwitch without recording the hostname in >>> the database as well as a new ctl command to record the hostname >>> separately. This command can be called by the system startup >>> scripts when the system is ready to collect and record this >>> information. >>> >>> Reported-At: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1915829 >>> Signed-off-by: Frode Nordahl <[email protected]> >>> --- >>> utilities/ovs-ctl.in | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- >>> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) >> >> Thanks! >> I added a note to the NEWS file and applied to master. > > Excellent, thank you for review and merge! > >> We may consider backports down to 2.13 LTS. Let me know >> if it's needed. > > We will consume this at 2.13 and onwards, so a backport all the way to > 2.13 LTS would really be helpful. >
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