Thanks, applied to master.
On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 02:21:01PM -0700, Joe Stringer wrote:
> Hopefully I got the right thread here ("FAQ: Elaborate further on how
> one drops packets with OpenFlow.").
>
> Acked-by: Joe Stringer <joestrin...@nicira.com>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
> > ---
> > FAQ | 11 ++++++++---
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
> > index d36495c..14fb1c0 100644
> > --- a/FAQ
> > +++ b/FAQ
> > @@ -1235,9 +1235,11 @@ A: To debug network behavior problems, trace the
> > path of a packet,
> >
> > Q: How do I make a flow drop packets?
> >
> > -A: An empty set of actions causes a packet to be dropped. You can
> > - specify an empty set of actions with "actions=" on the ovs-ofctl
> > - command line. For example:
> > +A: To drop a packet is to receive it without forwarding it. OpenFlow
> > + explicitly specifies forwarding actions. Thus, a flow with an
> > + empty set of actions does not forward packets anywhere, causing
> > + them to be dropped. You can specify an empty set of actions with
> > + "actions=" on the ovs-ofctl command line. For example:
> >
> > ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 priority=65535,actions=
> >
> > @@ -1249,6 +1251,9 @@ A: An empty set of actions causes a packet to be
> > dropped. You can
> >
> > ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 priority=65535,actions=drop
> >
> > + "drop" is not an action, either in OpenFlow or Open vSwitch.
> > + Rather, it is only a way to say that there are no actions.
> > +
> > Q: I added a flow to send packets out the ingress port, like this:
> >
> > ovs-ofctl add-flow br0 in_port=2,actions=2
> > --
> > 1.7.10.4
> >
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