# Re: \[PATCH\] openvswitch: do not ignore netdev errors when creating tunnel vports

- From: pravin shelar \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-08-10 17:26:16 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/08/11025125
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/08/11025125/t.md

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On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Martynas Pumputis [ref] wrote:
> The creation of a tunnel vport (geneve, gre, vxlan) brings up a
> corresponding netdev, a multi-step operation which can fail.
>
> For example, changing a vxlan vport's netdev state to 'up' binds the
> vport's socket to a UDP port - if the binding fails (e.g. due to the
> port being in use), the error is currently ignored giving the
> appearance that the tunnel vport creation completed successfully.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martynas Pumputis <redacted>

Thanks.

Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <redacted>
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