Hi Mark, The 'drop' is implicit. If the switch executions no actions, either from 'actions=', 'actions=drop', or any other sequence of events that has no output, then the switch will appear to have dropped the packet, since it was not forwarded anywhere.
-Reid On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Kavanagh, Mark B <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi,**** > > ** ** > > I have a question regarding the behaviour of the drop action.**** > > ** ** > > The FAQ states:**** > > “An empty set of actions causes a packet to be dropped. You can**** > > specify an empty set of actions with "actions=" on the ovs-ofctl > command line”.**** > > ** ** > > So, for example if I add a flow using ofctl, specifying the action as > ‘drop’, I assume that a flow table entry, consisting of the flow key and an > empty actions field is added to the vswitchd’s flow table. **** > > In terms of how the drop action actually works, is there an explicit DROP > action that is executed for flows that match this flow entry (similar to > the PUSH_VLAN, OUTPUT, SET, etc. actions), and if not, what is the > mechanism by which packets are dropped?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Mark**** > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Intel Shannon Limited > Registered in Ireland > Registered Office: Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County Kildare > Registered Number: 308263 > Business address: Dromore House, East Park, Shannon, Co. Clare > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the > sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others > is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender and delete all copies. > > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >
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