ovs-ctl: Add support for newer name for Open vSwitch kernel module.

Open vSwitch 1.4 and later is compatible with the upstream Linux kernel
module but the init scripts hadn't been adapted to work with the upstream
module name.

Debian bug #684057.
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
index 527bd60b8..41edb9312 100755
--- a/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-ctl.in
@@ -30,12 +30,32 @@ done
 ## start ##
 ## ----- ##
 
+do_modprobe () {
+    # First try the name suffixed with _mod, because this is the
+    # original name used for the out-of-tree kernel module.  If the
+    # user has a module by that name, then it means that he went to
+    # some trouble to build it, so presumably he wants to use it.
+    #
+    # Then try the name without the _mod suffix, the upstream Linux
+    # kernel module name and the name used by later versions of Open
+    # vSwitch.
+    modprobe ${1}_mod || modprobe $1
+} 2>/dev/null
+
 insert_openvswitch_mod_if_required () {
     # If openvswitch_mod is already loaded then we're done.
-    test -e /sys/module/openvswitch_mod && return 0
+    if test -e /sys/module/openvswitch_mod || test -e /sys/module/openvswitch
+    then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    if (modprobe --dry-run openvswitch_mod && \
+        modprobe --dry-run openvswitch) 2>/dev/null; then
+        log_warning_msg "openvswitch_mod.ko and openvswitch.ko modules are both available.  openvswitch_mod.ko will be preferred."
+    fi
 
     # Load openvswitch_mod.  If that's successful then we're done.
-    action "Inserting openvswitch module" modprobe openvswitch_mod && return 0
+    action "Inserting openvswitch module" do_modprobe openvswitch && return 0
 
     # If the bridge module is loaded, then that might be blocking
     # openvswitch_mod.  Try to unload it, if there are no bridges.
@@ -48,12 +68,12 @@ insert_openvswitch_mod_if_required () {
     action "removing bridge module" rmmod bridge || return 1
 
     # Try loading openvswitch_mod again.
-    action "Inserting openvswitch module" modprobe openvswitch_mod
+    action "Inserting openvswitch module" do_modprobe openvswitch
 }
 
 insert_brcompat_mod_if_required () {
     test -e /sys/module/brcompat_mod && return 0
-    action "Inserting brcompat module" modprobe brcompat_mod
+    action "Inserting brcompat module" do_modprobe brcompat
 }
 
 insert_mod_if_required () {
@@ -287,12 +307,13 @@ force_reload_kmod () {
         action "Removing datapath: $dp" ovs-dpctl del-dp "$dp"
     done
 
-    if test -e /sys/module/brcompat_mod; then
-        action "Removing brcompat module" rmmod brcompat_mod
-    fi
-    if test -e /sys/module/openvswitch_mod; then
-        action "Removing openvswitch module" rmmod openvswitch_mod
-    fi
+    for module in brcompat openvswitch; do
+        for fullname in ${module}_mod $module; do
+            if test -e /sys/module/$fullname; then
+                action "Removing $module module" rmmod $fullname
+            fi
+        done
+    done
 
     start