On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 04:48:19AM +0000, Rohith Basavaraja wrote: > Hi, > > Currently in OvS if we hit "Table-miss" rules (associated with Controller > action) then we send > PACKET_IN message to controller with reason as OFPR_NO_MATCH. > > “Table-miss” rule is one whose priority is 0 and its catch all rule. > > But if we hit same "Table-miss" rule after executing group entry we will send > the reason as > OFPR_ACTION (for OF1.3 and below) and OFPR_GROUP (for OF1.4 and above). > > This is because once we execute group entry we set ctx->in_group and later > when we hit the > "Table-miss" rule, Since ctx->in_group is set we send reason as OFPR_ACTION > (for OF1.3) and > OFPR_GROUP (for OF1.4 and above). > > Since in the packet_in message we are sending the table-id of the > corresponding “Table-miss” rule > Shouldn’t we send the reason for packet-in as OFPR_NO_MATCH ( the reason > appropriate to the > Corresponding rule?) > > For eg: for the following pipeline we will send the reason as OFPR_ACTION > even if we hit > The “Table-miss” rule. > > cookie=0x8000000, duration=761.189s, table=0, n_packets=1401, n_bytes=67954, > priority=4,in_port=9,vlan_tci=0x0000/0x1fff > actions=write_metadata:0x67870000000000/0xffffff0000000001,goto_table:17 > > cookie=0x6800001, duration=768.848s, table=17, n_packets=1418, n_bytes=68776, > priority=10,metadata=0x67870000000000/0xffffff0000000000 > actions=write_metadata:0xe067870000000000/0xfffffffffffffffe,goto_table:60 > > cookie=0x6800000, duration=24944.312s, table=60, n_packets=58244, > n_bytes=2519520, priority=0 actions=resubmit(,17) > cookie=0x8040000, duration=785.733s, table=17, n_packets=1450, n_bytes=69724, > priority=10,metadata=0xe067870000000000/0xffffff0000000000 > actions=write_metadata:0x67871d4d000000/0xfffffffffffffffe,goto_table:43 > > cookie=0x822002d, duration=24960.795s, table=43, n_packets=53097, > n_bytes=2230074, priority=100,arp,arp_op=1 actions=group:6000 > group_id=6000,type=all,bucket=actions=CONTROLLER:65535,bucket=actions=resubmit(,48),bucket=actions=resubmit(,81) > > cookie=0x8500000, duration=24977.323s, table=48, n_packets=58309, > n_bytes=2522634, priority=0 actions=resubmit(,49),resubmit(,50) > > cookie=0x8050000, duration=24984.679s, table=50, n_packets=6, n_bytes=264, > priority=0 > actions=CONTROLLER:65535,learn(table=49,hard_timeout=10,priority=0,cookie=0x8600000,NXM_OF_ETH_SRC[],load:0x1->NXM_NX_REG4[0..7]),goto_table:51 > (Note that Table50 entry is a “Table-miss” rule). > > Currently we are sending table_id as 50 and packet_in reason as OFPR_ACTION. > Shouldn’t we send packet_in reason as OFPR_NO_MATCH in this case?
This seems like a reasonable argument. Would you mind submitting a patch (and including a test)? Thanks, Ben. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss