Description of problem: Echo request from OVS uses default value today, which is 5 seconds. In scale setups, Full GC can take more than 5 seconds which will result in a disconnection from all OVSs. In order to prevent that, configuring of inactivity_probe should be exposed by OVSDB.
Proposed the following downstream patch: https://code.engineering.redhat.com/gerrit/#/c/98243/
Verified the following bugs: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1426116 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1426119 Hence marking this one as verified.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017-0840.html