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| author | Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com> | 2014-04-28 17:31:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com> | 2014-04-28 17:31:26 -0700 |
| commit | f053752fc64abedd834fbbc40fcab60b7c0a7e8f (patch) | |
| tree | da808f70f4fff9b36bdc65a761ea992f78337101 /include/linux | |
| parent | 61abba807febc0954acc0d23aeb75b081ad9d77a (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-f053752fc64abedd834fbbc40fcab60b7c0a7e8f.tar.gz | |
openvswitch.h: Clarify use of key attributes.
Key attributes relating to actual packet headers are ignored for
OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE as the header key attributes are retrieved
from the packet itself.
Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com>
Acked-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/openvswitch.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/linux/openvswitch.h index 8e4b87042..d7f85ffa8 100644 --- a/include/linux/openvswitch.h +++ b/include/linux/openvswitch.h @@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ enum ovs_packet_cmd { * @OVS_PACKET_ATTR_KEY: Present for all notifications. Contains the flow key * extracted from the packet as nested %OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes. This allows * userspace to adapt its flow setup strategy by comparing its notion of the - * flow key against the kernel's. + * flow key against the kernel's. When used with %OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE, only + * metadata key fields (e.g. priority, skb mark) are honored. All the packet + * header fields are parsed from the packet instead. * @OVS_PACKET_ATTR_ACTIONS: Contains actions for the packet. Used * for %OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE. It has nested %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* attributes. * @OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA: Present for an %OVS_PACKET_CMD_ACTION |