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{ "id": 2229776, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.1/patches/2229776/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/patch/20260428174509.145440-5-mmichels@redhat.com/", "project": { "id": 68, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.1/projects/68/?format=api", "name": "Open Virtual Network development", "link_name": "ovn", "list_id": "ovs-dev.openvswitch.org", "list_email": "ovs-dev@openvswitch.org", "web_url": "http://openvswitch.org/", "scm_url": "", "webscm_url": "" }, "msgid": "<20260428174509.145440-5-mmichels@redhat.com>", "date": "2026-04-28T17:45:04", "name": "[ovs-dev,4/5] northd: Fix ovn-northd manpage and usage for options and commands.", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "new", "archived": false, "hash": "e3a82162f849a352785e0618bffa396cf3146862", "submitter": { "id": 71978, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.1/people/71978/?format=api", "name": "Mark Michelson", "email": "mmichels@redhat.com" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/patch/20260428174509.145440-5-mmichels@redhat.com/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 501914, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/1.1/series/501914/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ovn/list/?series=501914", "date": "2026-04-28T17:45:02", "name": "Fix up northd documentation.", "version": 1, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/501914/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2229776/comments/", "check": "fail", "checks": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2229776/checks/", "tags": {}, "headers": { "Return-Path": "<ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org>", "X-Original-To": [ "incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org", "dev@openvswitch.org" ], "Delivered-To": [ "patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org", "ovs-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" ], "Authentication-Results": [ "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=fail reason=\"signature verification failed\" (1024-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=B4l+DAJj;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral", "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=openvswitch.org\n (client-ip=140.211.166.138; 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charset=\"us-ascii\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "7bit", "Errors-To": "ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <ovs-dev-bounces@openvswitch.org>" }, "content": "Fix the --n-threads option format in the manpage (was missing the\n\"--\" prefix). Add the undocumented --dump-inc-proc-graph option to\nboth the manpage and usage() output.\n\nFix runtime management command names: set-n-threads and get-n-threads\nwere documented with incorrect names; the actual registered commands\nare parallel-build/set-n-threads and parallel-build/get-n-threads.\n\nAdd missing runtime management commands to the manpage:\nnb-connection-status, sb-connection-status,\ndebug/chassis-features-list, inc-engine/recompute,\ninc-engine/compute-log-timeout, and inc-engine/list-stopwatches.\n\nMark the counter_name argument of inc-engine/show-stats as optional,\nmatching the actual command registration.\n\nReported-at: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/FDP-3054\nAssisted-by: Claude Code (Claude Opus 4.6)\nSigned-off-by: Mark Michelson <mmichels@redhat.com>\n---\n northd/ovn-northd.8.xml | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----\n northd/ovn-northd.c | 2 ++\n 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml b/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml\nindex e5d460382..c49ec1b37 100644\n--- a/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml\n+++ b/northd/ovn-northd.8.xml\n@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@\n Commands</code> below.\n </p>\n </dd>\n- <dt><code>n-threads N</code></dt>\n+ <dt><code>--n-threads=<var>N</var></code></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>\n In certain situations, it may be desirable to enable parallelization\n@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@\n enabled (with 256 threads) and a warning is logged.\n </p>\n </dd>\n+ <dt><code>--dump-inc-proc-graph</code>[<code>=<var>node</var></code>]</dt>\n+ <dd>\n+ <p>\n+ Dump the incremental processing engine graph representation in\n+ DOT format to stdout at startup and then exit. If\n+ <var>node</var> is specified, only the subgraph rooted at that\n+ engine node is printed.\n+ </p>\n+ </dd>\n </dl>\n <p>\n <var>database</var> in the above options must be an OVSDB active or\n@@ -157,7 +166,7 @@\n </dd>\n \n \n- <dt><code>set-n-threads N</code></dt>\n+ <dt><code>parallel-build/set-n-threads</code> <var>N</var></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>\n Set the number of threads used for building logical flows.\n@@ -165,17 +174,36 @@\n When N is 1 parallelization is disabled.\n When N is less than 1 or more than 256, an error is returned.\n If ovn-northd fails to start parallelization (e.g. fails to setup\n- semaphores, parallelization is disabled and an error is returned.\n+ semaphores), parallelization is disabled and an error is returned.\n </p>\n </dd>\n \n- <dt><code>get-n-threads</code></dt>\n+ <dt><code>parallel-build/get-n-threads</code></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>\n Return the number of threads used for building logical flows.\n </p>\n </dd>\n \n+ <dt><code>nb-connection-status</code></dt>\n+ <dd>\n+ Prints whether the connection to the OVN Northbound database is\n+ currently connected or not.\n+ </dd>\n+\n+ <dt><code>sb-connection-status</code></dt>\n+ <dd>\n+ Prints whether the connection to the OVN Southbound database is\n+ currently connected or not.\n+ </dd>\n+\n+ <dt><code>debug/chassis-features-list</code></dt>\n+ <dd>\n+ Lists the chassis feature flags and their current values as\n+ determined by <code>ovn-northd</code>. These features reflect\n+ the capabilities reported by the connected chassis.\n+ </dd>\n+\n <dt><code>inc-engine/show-stats</code></dt>\n <dd>\n <p>\n@@ -195,7 +223,7 @@\n </p>\n </dd>\n \n- <dt><code>inc-engine/show-stats <var>engine_node_name</var> <var>counter_name</var></code></dt>\n+ <dt><code>inc-engine/show-stats</code> <var>engine_node_name</var> [<var>counter_name</var>]</dt>\n <dd>\n <p>\n Display the <code>ovn-northd</code> engine counter(s) for the specified\n@@ -210,6 +238,25 @@\n <p> Reset <code>ovn-northd</code> engine counters. </p>\n </dd>\n \n+ <dt><code>inc-engine/recompute</code></dt>\n+ <dd>\n+ Triggers a full recompute of the incremental processing engine\n+ on the next iteration.\n+ </dd>\n+\n+ <dt><code>inc-engine/compute-log-timeout</code> <var>msecs</var></dt>\n+ <dd>\n+ Sets the timeout in milliseconds for logging engine compute\n+ events.\n+ </dd>\n+\n+ <dt><code>inc-engine/list-stopwatches</code> [<var>node</var>]</dt>\n+ <dd>\n+ Lists the engine nodes and their change handler names. If\n+ <var>node</var> is specified, only the handlers for that engine\n+ node are listed.\n+ </dd>\n+\n </dl>\n </p>\n \ndiff --git a/northd/ovn-northd.c b/northd/ovn-northd.c\nindex 0ed2eb17a..7e0f888c1 100644\n--- a/northd/ovn-northd.c\n+++ b/northd/ovn-northd.c\n@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ Options:\\n\\\n (default: %s)\\n\\\n --dry-run start in paused state (do not commit db changes)\\n\\\n --n-threads=N specify number of threads\\n\\\n+ --dump-inc-proc-graph[=NODE]\\n\\\n+ dump incremental processing graph and exit\\n\\\n --unixctl=SOCKET override default control socket name\\n\\\n -h, --help display this help message\\n\\\n -o, --options list available options\\n\\\n", "prefixes": [ "ovs-dev", "4/5" ] }