Host OS ARP requests should update vrouter arp cache

Bug #1276893 reported by Pedro Marques
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OpenContrail
In Progress
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Hari Prasad Killi

Bug Description

Currently the vrouter agent ignores ARP requests generated by the host OS and subsequent replies received from the network.

This leads to a behavior where the Host OS:
1. send an ARP request
2. receives an ARP reply
3. generates first packet

The vrouter (kernel module) intercepts the first packet and triggers ARP resolution for the vrouter agent ARP cache.
This leads to a second ARP exchange on the network.

Tags: vrouter
Changed in opencontrail:
assignee: nobody → Hari Prasad Killi (haripk)
Revision history for this message
Hari Prasad Killi (haripk) wrote :

Vrouter agent is updated to accept ARP replies for requests generated by the host. Commit : a22e3c0a98.

Changed in opencontrail:
status: New → In Progress
Changed in opencontrail:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Pedro Marques (5-roque) wrote :

Ping packets are still dropped.
The first ping packet that hits the resolve next-hop needs to be held for a short amount of time.

Changed in opencontrail:
status: Fix Committed → Incomplete
Changed in opencontrail:
status: Incomplete → In Progress
tags: added: vrouter
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