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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h4
-rw-r--r--net/openvswitch/datapath.c14
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
index 970553cbbc8e..0b979ee4bfc0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -395,7 +395,9 @@ struct ovs_key_nd {
* @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS: Nested %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* attributes specifying
* the actions to take for packets that match the key. Always present in
* notifications. Required for %OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW requests, optional for
- * %OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET requests.
+ * %OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET requests. An %OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET without
+ * %OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS will not modify the actions. To clear the actions,
+ * an %OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS without any nested attributes must be given.
* @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_STATS: &struct ovs_flow_stats giving statistics for this
* flow. Present in notifications if the stats would be nonzero. Ignored in
* requests.
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 8867d7e2d65b..90a1e5e66287 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new_or_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
goto err_kfree;
}
} else if (info->genlhdr->cmd == OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW) {
+ /* OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW must have actions. */
error = -EINVAL;
goto error;
}
@@ -849,8 +850,6 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new_or_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
reply = ovs_flow_cmd_build_info(flow, dp, info, OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW);
} else {
/* We found a matching flow. */
- struct sw_flow_actions *old_acts;
-
/* Bail out if we're not allowed to modify an existing flow.
* We accept NLM_F_CREATE in place of the intended NLM_F_EXCL
* because Generic Netlink treats the latter as a dump
@@ -866,11 +865,14 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_new_or_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
if (!ovs_flow_cmp_unmasked_key(flow, &match))
goto err_unlock_ovs;
- /* Update actions. */
- old_acts = ovsl_dereference(flow->sf_acts);
- rcu_assign_pointer(flow->sf_acts, acts);
- ovs_nla_free_flow_actions(old_acts);
+ /* Update actions, if present. */
+ if (acts) {
+ struct sw_flow_actions *old_acts;
+ old_acts = ovsl_dereference(flow->sf_acts);
+ rcu_assign_pointer(flow->sf_acts, acts);
+ ovs_nla_free_flow_actions(old_acts);
+ }
reply = ovs_flow_cmd_build_info(flow, dp, info, OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW);
/* Clear stats. */