/* OVSDB IDL used to obtain configuration. */
static struct ovsdb_idl *idl;
+/* We want to complete daemonization, fully detaching from our parent process,
+ * only after we have completed our initial configuration, committed our state
+ * to the database, and received confirmation back from the database server
+ * that it applied the commit. This allows our parent process to know that,
+ * post-detach, ephemeral fields such as datapath-id and ofport are very likely
+ * to have already been filled in. (It is only "very likely" rather than
+ * certain because there is always a slim possibility that the transaction will
+ * fail or that some other client has added new bridges, ports, etc. while
+ * ovs-vswitchd was configuring using an old configuration.)
+ *
+ * We only need to do this once for our initial configuration at startup, so
+ * 'initial_config_done' tracks whether we've already done it. While we are
+ * waiting for a response to our commit, 'daemonize_txn' tracks the transaction
+ * itself and is otherwise NULL. */
+static bool initial_config_done;
+static struct ovsdb_idl_txn *daemonize_txn;
+
/* Most recently processed IDL sequence number. */
static unsigned int idl_seqno;
}
free(managers);
- if (done) {
- /* ovs-vswitchd has completed initialization, so allow the process that
- * forked us to exit successfully. */
- daemonize_complete();
- reconfiguring = false;
-
- VLOG_INFO_ONCE("%s (Open vSwitch) %s", program_name, VERSION);
- }
-
return done;
}
}
if (bridge_reconfigure_continue(cfg)) {
ovsrec_open_vswitch_set_cur_cfg(cfg, cfg->next_cfg);
+ reconfiguring = false;
+
+ /* If we are completing our initial configuration for this run
+ * of ovs-vswitchd, then keep the transaction around to monitor
+ * it for completion. */
+ if (!initial_config_done) {
+ initial_config_done = true;
+ daemonize_txn = reconf_txn;
+ reconf_txn = NULL;
+ }
}
} else {
bridge_reconfigure_continue(&null_cfg);
reconf_txn = NULL;
}
+ if (daemonize_txn) {
+ enum ovsdb_idl_txn_status status = ovsdb_idl_txn_commit(daemonize_txn);
+ if (status != TXN_INCOMPLETE) {
+ ovsdb_idl_txn_destroy(daemonize_txn);
+ daemonize_txn = NULL;
+
+ /* ovs-vswitchd has completed initialization, so allow the
+ * process that forked us to exit successfully. */
+ daemonize_complete();
+
+ VLOG_INFO_ONCE("%s (Open vSwitch) %s", program_name, VERSION);
+ }
+ }
+
/* Refresh interface and mirror stats if necessary. */
if (time_msec() >= iface_stats_timer) {
if (cfg) {
const char *type;
ovsdb_idl_wait(idl);
+ if (daemonize_txn) {
+ ovsdb_idl_txn_wait(daemonize_txn);
+ }
if (reconfiguring) {
poll_immediate_wake();