Public bug reported: When using Xen and OVS a log flood occurs (approx 10 entries /s) when using stubdom based HVM guests with PV drivers. This issue was reported to the OVS developers (http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2013-February/025586.html) and a fix was merged for the 1.4.6 release. Please consider updating the Ubuntu package to incorporate this fix.
$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy openvswitch-switch openvswitch-switch: Installed: 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5 Candidate: 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5 Version table: *** 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.5 0 500 http://repo/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.4.0-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://repo/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages ** Affects: openvswitch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to openvswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1134103 Title: openvswitch-switch: log flooded with "cannot get STP status on nonexistent port" messages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvswitch/+bug/1134103/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs