+ def restart(self):
+ """ Restart ``ovs-vswitchd`` instance. ``ovsdb-server`` is not restarted.
+
+ :raises: pexpect.EOF, pexpect.TIMEOUT
+ """
+ self._logger.info("Restarting vswitchd...")
+ if os.path.isfile(self._vswitchd_pidfile_path):
+ self._logger.info('Killing ovs-vswitchd...')
+ with open(self._vswitchd_pidfile_path, "r") as pidfile:
+ vswitchd_pid = pidfile.read().strip()
+ tasks.terminate_task(vswitchd_pid, logger=self._logger)
+
+ try:
+ tasks.Process.start(self)
+ self.relinquish()
+ except (pexpect.EOF, pexpect.TIMEOUT) as exc:
+ logging.error("Exception during VSwitch start.")
+ self._kill_ovsdb()
+ raise exc
+ self._logger.info("Vswitchd...Started.")
+