SimpleForwardingImpl hits NPE when .frm member is null and new host is discovered

<flaviof> hi folks. I'm trying latest integration build, and hit an exception: https://gist.github.com/eba571a29abeaad5b914
<flaviof> looking at the trace: 2014-04-17 18:29:50.840 EDT [Thread-22] ERROR o.o.c.h.internal.HostTracker - Exception on new host notification
<flaviof> java.lang.NullPointerException: null
<flaviof> at org.opendaylight.controller.samples.simpleforwarding.internal.SimpleForwardingImpl.installPerHostRules(SimpleForwardingImpl.java:653) ~[na:na]
<flaviof> at org.opendaylight.controller.samples.simpleforwarding.internal.SimpleForwardingImpl.notifyHTClient(SimpleForwardingImpl.java:840) ~[na:na]
<flaviof> at org.opendaylight.controller.hosttracker.internal.HostTracker.notifyHostLearnedOrRemoved(HostTracker.java:568) [bundlefile:na]
<flaviof> at org.opendaylight.controller.hosttracker.internal.HostTracker.access$600(HostTracker.java:103) [bundlefile:na]
<flaviof> at org.opendaylight.controller.hosttracker.internal.HostTracker$NotifyHostThread.run(HostTracker.java:536) [bundlefile:na]
<flaviof> is it reasonable to assume that the 'frm' attribute in the SimpleForwardingImpl object can be null?
<flaviof> Madhu: this looks like code you wrote back in Mar/13... any ideas?
<aboch> flaviof: since the dependency on frm is not strict (you can see it in simple forwarding Activator), yes, there can be a time window when SF is brought up until frm comes up, during which frm reference is null
<flaviof> interesting. I see: https://www.dropbox.com/s/288q5amswsjhgm8/Screenshot%202014-04-17%2018.51.41.png
<flaviof> thanks Alessandro
<aboch> I am not sure though why SF dependencies on frm and ht were not made strict
<aboch> I think they should be
<aboch> np
<flaviof> is this something worth pursuing at all?
<flaviof> I'm not familiar on the things are worth documenting/fixing. specially on the simpleFwd code
<aboch> SF is in samples, sample apps. It installs (*, /32) entries for reaching the newly discovered hosts.
<aboch> It allows a mininet pingall to work out of the box
<flaviof> gotcha.
<aboch> feel free to propose a patch
<flaviof> all right!
<flaviof> Seems simple enough. I will give it a try.
<flaviof> aboch: should start by opening a bug in bugzilla and assign it to me?
<aboch> yeah
<flaviof> aboch: will do
<aboch> and thanks
<flaviof> aboch: np!