ovs-controller: Add --unixctl option.

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-controller.8.in b/utilities/ovs-controller.8.in
index e0c1540..adef718 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-controller.8.in
+++ b/utilities/ovs-controller.8.in
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ This option is only for debugging the Open vSwitch implementation of
 .so lib/ssl-peer-ca-cert.man
 .so lib/daemon.man
 .so lib/vlog.man
+.so lib/unixctl.man
 .so lib/common.man
 .
 .SH EXAMPLES

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-controller.c b/utilities/ovs-controller.c
index 0497d9a..30acc8b 100644 (file)
--- a/utilities/ovs-controller.c
+++ b/utilities/ovs-controller.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static int max_idle = 60;
  * of their messages (for debugging fail-open mode). */
 static bool mute = false;
 
+/* --unixctl: Name of unixctl socket, or null to use the default. */
+static char *unixctl_path = NULL;
+
 static int do_switching(struct switch_ *);
 static void new_switch(struct switch_ *, struct vconn *, const char *name);
 static void parse_options(int argc, char *argv[]);
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     die_if_already_running();
     daemonize_start();
 
-    retval = unixctl_server_create(NULL, &unixctl);
+    retval = unixctl_server_create(unixctl_path, &unixctl);
     if (retval) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
         OPT_MAX_IDLE = UCHAR_MAX + 1,
         OPT_PEER_CA_CERT,
         OPT_MUTE,
+        OPT_UNIXCTL,
         VLOG_OPTION_ENUMS
     };
     static struct option long_options[] = {
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
         {"wildcard",    no_argument, 0, 'w'},
         {"max-idle",    required_argument, 0, OPT_MAX_IDLE},
         {"mute",        no_argument, 0, OPT_MUTE},
+        {"unixctl",     required_argument, 0, OPT_UNIXCTL},
         {"help",        no_argument, 0, 'h'},
         {"version",     no_argument, 0, 'V'},
         DAEMON_LONG_OPTIONS,
@@ -305,6 +310,10 @@ parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
             }
             break;
 
+        case OPT_UNIXCTL:
+            unixctl_path = optarg;
+            break;
+
         case 'h':
             usage();
 
@@ -349,6 +358,7 @@ usage(void)
            "  --max-idle=SECS         max idle time for new flows\n"
            "  -N, --normal            use OFPAT_NORMAL action\n"
            "  -w, --wildcard          use wildcards, not exact-match rules\n"
+           "  --unixctl=SOCKET        override default control socket name\n"
            "  -h, --help              display this help message\n"
            "  -V, --version           display version information\n");
     exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);