The existing functions for reading and writing the values of subfields only
handle subfields up to 64 bits wide.  These new functions handle subfields
of any width.

Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
---
 lib/meta-flow.c |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 lib/meta-flow.h |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/meta-flow.c b/lib/meta-flow.c
index 11d27b1..a8cfd74 100644
--- a/lib/meta-flow.c
+++ b/lib/meta-flow.c
@@ -2241,12 +2241,27 @@ mf_format(const struct mf_field *mf,
     }
 }
 
-/* Makes a subfield starting at bit offset 'ofs' and continuing for 'n_bits' in
- * 'rule''s field 'mf' exactly match the 'n_bits' least-significant bits of
- * 'x'.
+/* Makes subfield 'sf' within 'rule' exactly match the 'sf->n_bits'
+ * least-significant bits in 'x'.
  *
- * Example: suppose that 'mf' is originally the following 2-byte field in
- * 'rule':
+ * See mf_set_subfield() for an example.
+ *
+ * The difference between this function and mf_set_subfield() is that the
+ * latter function can only handle subfields up to 64 bits wide, whereas this
+ * one handles the general case.  On the other hand, mf_set_subfield() is
+ * arguably easier to use. */
+void
+mf_write_subfield(const struct mf_subfield *sf, const union mf_subvalue *x,
+                  struct cls_rule *rule)
+{
+    const struct mf_field *field = sf->field;
+    union mf_value value, mask;
+
+    mf_get(field, rule, &value, &mask);
+    bitwise_copy(x, sizeof *x, 0, &value, field->n_bytes, sf->ofs, sf->n_bits);
+    bitwise_one (                 &mask,  field->n_bytes, sf->ofs, sf->n_bits);
+    mf_set(field, &value, &mask, rule);
+}
  *
  *     value == 0xe00a == 2#1110000000001010
  *      mask == 0xfc3f == 2#1111110000111111
@@ -2314,6 +2329,22 @@ mf_set_subfield_value(const struct mf_subfield *sf, 
uint64_t x,
     }
 }
 
+/* Initializes 'x' to the value of 'sf' within 'flow'.  'sf' must be valid for
+ * reading 'flow', e.g. as checked by mf_check_src(). */
+void
+mf_read_subfield(const struct mf_subfield *sf, const struct flow *flow,
+                 union mf_subvalue *x)
+{
+    union mf_value value;
+
+    mf_get_value(sf->field, flow, &value);
+
+    memset(x, 0, sizeof *x);
+    bitwise_copy(&value, sf->field->n_bytes, sf->ofs,
+                 x, sizeof *x, 0,
+                 sf->n_bits);
+}
+
 /* Returns the value of 'sf' within 'flow'.  'sf' must be valid for reading
  * 'flow', e.g. as checked by mf_check_src() and sf->n_bits must be 64 or
  * less. */
diff --git a/lib/meta-flow.h b/lib/meta-flow.h
index e062312..91d52c7 100644
--- a/lib/meta-flow.h
+++ b/lib/meta-flow.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ union mf_value {
     uint8_t mac[ETH_ADDR_LEN];
     struct in6_addr ipv6;
 };
+BUILD_ASSERT_DECL(sizeof(union mf_value) == 16);
 
 /* Part of a field. */
 struct mf_subfield {
@@ -215,6 +216,19 @@ struct mf_subfield {
     unsigned int n_bits;        /* Number of bits. */
 };
 
+/* Data for some part of an mf_field.
+ *
+ * The data is stored "right-justified".  For example, if "union mf_subvalue
+ * value" contains NXM_OF_VLAN_TCI[0..11], then one could access the
+ * corresponding data in value.be16[7] as the bits in the mask htons(0xfff). */
+union mf_subvalue {
+    uint8_t u8[16];
+    ovs_be16 be16[8];
+    ovs_be32 be32[4];
+    ovs_be64 be64[2];
+};
+BUILD_ASSERT_DECL(sizeof(union mf_value) == sizeof (union mf_subvalue));
+
 /* Finding mf_fields. */
 const struct mf_field *mf_from_id(enum mf_field_id);
 const struct mf_field *mf_from_name(const char *name);
@@ -253,12 +267,18 @@ void mf_set_wild(const struct mf_field *, struct cls_rule 
*);
 void mf_random_value(const struct mf_field *, union mf_value *value);
 
 /* Subfields. */
+void mf_write_subfield(const struct mf_subfield *, const union mf_subvalue *,
+                       struct cls_rule *);
 void mf_set_subfield(const struct mf_subfield *, uint64_t value,
                      struct cls_rule *);
 void mf_set_subfield_value(const struct mf_subfield *, uint64_t value,
                            struct flow *);
+
+void mf_read_subfield(const struct mf_subfield *, const struct flow *,
+                      union mf_subvalue *);
 uint64_t mf_get_subfield(const struct mf_subfield *, const struct flow *);
 
+
 void mf_format_subfield(const struct mf_subfield *, struct ds *);
 char *mf_parse_subfield__(struct mf_subfield *sf, const char **s);
 const char *mf_parse_subfield(struct mf_subfield *, const char *);
-- 
1.7.2.5

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