> > Thanks Ben. Yes, the inner structure is not required. Earlier we
> > defined it as union and later changed it to structure. Instead those
> > fields can be simply defined outside of inner structure. I will fix this in 
> > v2
> patch.
> 
> That is good to know, but the inner struct is not the main issue as I see it.
> The main issue is that the change breaks the ABI.  This change must be
> implemented in some way that does not break the ABI.

Hi Ben,
Are there any guidelines or mechanism available to extend such structures which 
are 
defined in openvswitch.h with new fields for supporting new features?

We primarily need this feature for 'netdev' datapath and so kernel 
implementation need
not change.

Warm Regards,
Vishal Ajmera
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