Hi,

How about using NXM "nw_ttl" match field to drop packets with TTL=0?
But, currently, Ryu does not support this filed,
please apply the following patch.


$ git diff
diff --git a/ryu/app/simple_switch_13.py b/ryu/app/simple_switch_13.py
index 3e7c598..baa732c 100644
--- a/ryu/app/simple_switch_13.py
+++ b/ryu/app/simple_switch_13.py
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ class SimpleSwitch13(app_manager.RyuApp):
                                            ofproto.OFPCML_NO_BUFFER)]
          self.add_flow(datapath, 0, match, actions)
  
+        match = parser.OFPMatch(eth_type_nxm=0x0800, nw_ttl=0)
+        actions = []  # Drop
+        self.add_flow(datapath, 1, match, actions)
+
      def add_flow(self, datapath, priority, match, actions, buffer_id=None):
          ofproto = datapath.ofproto
          parser = datapath.ofproto_parser
diff --git a/ryu/ofproto/nicira_ext.py b/ryu/ofproto/nicira_ext.py
index e2fca47..7487b3b 100644
--- a/ryu/ofproto/nicira_ext.py
+++ b/ryu/ofproto/nicira_ext.py
@@ -435,6 +435,10 @@ ip_proto_nxm     Integer 8bit    IP protocol. Needed to 
support Nicira
                                   extensions that require the ip_proto to
                                   be set. (i.e. tcp_flags_nxm)
  tunnel_id_nxm    Integer 64bit   Tunnel identifier.
+nw_ttl           Integer 8bit    IP TTL or IPv6 hop limit value ttl
+                                 (between 0 and 255).
+                                 Requires setting fields:
+                                 eth_type_nxm = [0x0800 (IP)|0x86dd (IPv6)]
  tun_ipv4_src     IPv4 address    Tunnel IPv4 source address.
  tun_ipv4_dst     IPv4 address    Tunnel IPv4 destination address.
  pkt_mark         Integer 32bit   Packet metadata mark.
@@ -484,6 +488,7 @@ oxm_types = [
      oxm_fields.NiciraExtended0('eth_type_nxm', 3, type_desc.Int2),
      oxm_fields.NiciraExtended0('ip_proto_nxm', 6, type_desc.Int1),
      oxm_fields.NiciraExtended1('tunnel_id_nxm', 16, type_desc.Int8),
+    oxm_fields.NiciraExtended1('nw_ttl', 29, type_desc.Int1),
      oxm_fields.NiciraExtended1('tun_ipv4_src', 31, type_desc.IPv4Addr),
      oxm_fields.NiciraExtended1('tun_ipv4_dst', 32, type_desc.IPv4Addr),
      oxm_fields.NiciraExtended1('pkt_mark', 33, type_desc.Int4),


e.g.)
$ sudo mn --controller remote
...(snip)
mininet> sh ovs-ofctl dump-flows s1
NXST_FLOW reply (xid=0x4):
  cookie=0x0, duration=4.616s, table=0, n_packets=0, n_bytes=0, idle_age=4, 
priority=1,ip,nw_ttl=0 actions=drop
  cookie=0x0, duration=4.616s, table=0, n_packets=4, n_bytes=280, idle_age=36, 
priority=0 actions=CONTROLLER:65535


Thanks,
Iwase


On 2016年09月08日 13:29, Warsang wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am running a fat-tree topology. When I ping a host x with h1 it first
> send arp discovery with ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff as destination. Hence
> everytime a switch gets this packet it floods it. Having no TTL these
> packets are immortal. My question is the following. What is the proper
> way of getting rid of these packets? I thought of decrementing the TTL
> every time a packet hits a switch. However I can only drop the packet
> with TTL = 0 at my controller and I can't create an OpenFlow rule that
> matches all packets with TTL = 0 hence I lose performance having to send
> the packets to my controller everytime I want to drop them. What is the
> proper way to get rid of these packets?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> -Warsang
>
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