[Bug 1314887] Update Released

[Chris J Arges]

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Title:
  ifupdown hook is missing in upstart script

Status in openvswitch package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in openvswitch source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  The documentation included in both upstream Open vSwitch (ovs) 2.0.2
  and the version distributed by Ubuntu states that it supports
  configuring ovs using /etc/network/interfaces (see /usr/share/doc
  /openvswitch-switch/README.Debian). Moreover, /etc/init.d/openvswitch-
  switch contains the necessary logic to support parsing
  /etc/network/interfaces but that logic is completely missing in the
  Upstart /etc/init/openvswitch-switch.conf script.

  The result of this issue is a user can properly configure their
  network in /etc/network/interfaces, test it with ifup/ifdown, reboot,
  and have no network configured with the machine comes back up. If the
  user is unaware that Upstart is being used and not classic init.d
  scripts, a manual call using /etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch works as
  expected. Without boot integration, users can't easily use Open
  vSwitch to configure their "main" interface and have a system work on
  boot.

  The fix in this thread basically adds support for using the normal
  config files (/etc/network/interfaces and /etc/network/interfaces.d/*)
  to configure the network on boot.

  [Test Case]

  After running `apt-get install -y openvswitch-switch`, add a stanza to
  /etc/network/interfaces like the following:

  allow-ovs br0
  iface br0 inet static
      ovs_type OVSBridge
      address 172.16.0.1
      network 255.255.255.0

  Try `ifup br0` and `ifdown br0` and notice how the interface is
  correctly controlled. Try `/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch restart` and
  note how the interface comes up. Reboot the machine and note how br0
  is not correctly configured.

  [Regression Potential]

  This problem is recognized by the user community (see
  http://www.opencloudblog.com/?p=240,
  http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/08/17/installing-kvm-and-open-vswitch-
  on-ubuntu/, etc) and people have been manually patching their systems
  for years to get the desired capability. It's conceivable people's odd
  ways of fixing this problem could conflict with the potential patch.
  Double ifup'ing or ifdown'ing an interface shouldn't break any systems
  but error messages may be emitted.

  The other unlikely issue is that users have interfaces correctly
  configured in /etc/network/interfaces and are deliberately depending
  on the interfaces *not* coming up on boot. This patch would cause
  these boot-dormant interfaces to come up unexpectedly but, again, I
  think this problem unlikely.

  [Other Info]

  This patch aligns the boot behavior both with what's expected and what
  the documentation states.

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