It looks good - I might also add that if the mask attribute is not
specified at all then the flow is exact match. I agree that it is
probably clearer to not use the term "mega flow" here but we should
then also remove it from the other locations in the code as well.
On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Andy Zhou <az...@nicira.com> wrote:
> How about the following change? I choose not to use the term "mega flow"
> here to avoid confusing outside people.
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
> index 6e71b4c..203c7eb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/openvswitch.h
> +++ b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
> @@ -410,9 +410,11 @@ struct ovs_key_nd {
>
> * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_CLEAR: If present in a %OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET request, clears
> the
> * last-used time, accumulated TCP flags, and statistics for this flow.
> * Otherwise ignored in requests. Never present in notifications.
> - * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK: Optional Nested %OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes
> specifying
> - * the mega flow mask. OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes specified only in
> OVS_FLOW_ATT
> - * but not here will be treated as wildcard field.
> + * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK: Nested %OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes specifying the
> + * mask bits for wildcarded flow match. Mask bit value '1' specifies exact
> + * match with corresponding flow key bit, while mask bit value '0'
> specifies
> + * a wildcarded match. Omitting attribute is treated as wildcarding
> + * all corresponding fields. Optional for all requests.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Andy Zhou <az...@nicira.com> wrote:
>> > diff --git a/include/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
>> > index e890fd8..6e71b4c 100644
>> > --- a/include/linux/openvswitch.h
>> > +++ b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
>> > @@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ struct ovs_key_nd {
>> > * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_CLEAR: If present in a %OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET request,
>> > clears the
>> > * last-used time, accumulated TCP flags, and statistics for this flow.
>> > * Otherwise ignored in requests. Never present in notifications.
>> > + * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK: Optional Nested %OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes
>> > specifying
>> > + * the mega flow mask. OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes specified only in
>> > OVS_FLOW_ATTR_KEY
>> > + * but not here will be treated as wildcard field.
>>
>> Can you expand this comment a little bit? Outside of people that have
>> been working on it, I'm not sure that the term mega flow is really
>> self-descriptive.
>
>
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