On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:14 PM Yifeng Sun <pkusunyif...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Currently in function ovs_dp_process_packet(), return values of
> ovs_execute_actions() are silently discarded. This patch prints out
> an error message when error happens so as to provide helpful hints
> for debugging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yifeng Sun <pkusunyif...@gmail.com>
> ---
> net/openvswitch/datapath.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
> index 892287d..603c533 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
> @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> sw_flow_key *key)
> struct dp_stats_percpu *stats;
> u64 *stats_counter;
> u32 n_mask_hit;
> + int error;
>
> stats = this_cpu_ptr(dp->stats_percpu);
>
> @@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> sw_flow_key *key)
> flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_stats(&dp->table, key, &n_mask_hit);
> if (unlikely(!flow)) {
> struct dp_upcall_info upcall;
> - int error;
>
> memset(&upcall, 0, sizeof(upcall));
> upcall.cmd = OVS_PACKET_CMD_MISS;
> @@ -246,7 +246,10 @@ void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> sw_flow_key *key)
>
> ovs_flow_stats_update(flow, key->tp.flags, skb);
> sf_acts = rcu_dereference(flow->sf_acts);
> - ovs_execute_actions(dp, skb, sf_acts, key);
> + error = ovs_execute_actions(dp, skb, sf_acts, key);
> + if (unlikely(error))
> + net_err_ratelimited("ovs: action execution error on datapath
> %s: %d\n",
> + ovs_dp_name(dp),
> error);
>
I would rather add error counter for better visibility.
If you want to use current approach, can you use net_dbg_ratelimited()
since you want to use this for debugging purpose?
Thanks.
