FYI. The fix has been merged in r/2018.10 release branch:

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/611873/

From: Khalil, Ghada [mailto:Ghada.Khalil@windriver.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2018 7:14 PM
To: starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io
Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] Fix for ovs memory allocation failure is merged in master

Hello all,

I know that several people have been waiting for a fix for Launchpad:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/starlingx/+bug/1796380

This is to let you know that the fix has been merged in master this afternoon.

We will merge the code in the r/2018.10 release branch tomorrow.

Regards,

Ghada