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> [mailto:ovs-dev-boun...@openvswitch.org] On Behalf Of SatyaValli
> Sent: Monday, 01 January, 2018 11:59
> To: d...@openvswitch.org
> Cc: Manasa Cherukupally <manasa.cherukupa...@tcs.com>; Surya Muttamsetty 
> <muttamsetty.su...@tcs.com>; Pavani Panthagada
> <p.pava...@tcs.com>; SatyaValli <satyavalli.r...@tcs.com>; Lavanya Harivelam 
> <harivelam.lava...@tcs.com>
> Subject: [ovs-dev] [PATCH V2] OF1.5/EXT-334 OXS/Extensible Flow Entry 
> Statistics Support
> 
> From: SatyaValli <satyavalli.r...@tcs.com>
> 
> This Patch provides implementation Existing flow entry statistics are
> redefined as standard OXS(OpenFlow Extensible Statistics) fields for
> displaying the arbitrary flow stats.The existing Flow Stats were renamed
> as Flow Description.
> 
> To support this implementation below messages are newly added
> 
> OFPRAW_OFPT15_FLOW_REMOVED,
> OFPRAW_OFPST15_FLOW_REQUEST,
> OFPRAW_OFPST15_FLOW_DESC_REQUEST,
> OFPRAW_OFPST15_AGGREGATE_REQUEST,
> OFPRAW_OFPST15_FLOW_REPLY,
> OFPRAW_OFPST15_FLOW_DESC_REPLY,
> OFPRAW_OFPST15_AGGREGATE_REPLY,
> 
> The current commit adds support for the new feature in flow statistics
> multipart messages,aggregate multipart messages and OXS support for flow
> removal message, individual flow description messages.
> 
> "ovs-ofctl dump-flows" needs to be provided with the arbitrary OXS fields
> for displaying the desired flow stats.
> 
> Below are Commands to display OXS stats field wise
> 
> Flow Statistics Multipart
> ovs-ofctl dump-flows -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> idle_time
> ovs-ofctl dump-flows -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> packet_count
> ovs-ofctl dump-flows -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> byte_count

This would break backward compatibility for one of the most frequently used OVS 
CLI commands. Why don't you introduce a new command such as "ovs-ofctl 
dump-flow-stats" for the new OXS stats?

> 
> Aggregate Flow Statistics Multipart
> ovs-ofctl dump-aggregate -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> packet_count
> ovs-ofctl dump-aggregate -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> byte_count
> 
> Flow Descritption
> ovs-ofctl dump-flow-desc -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> idle_time
> ovs-ofctl dump-flow-desc -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> packet_count
> ovs-ofctl dump-flow-desc -O OpenFlow15 <bridge> byte_count
> 
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