[ovs-dev] [nxm 26/42] ofproto: Make flow format specific to an OpenFlow connection.

[Justin Pettit]

On Oct 28, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Until now the flow format has been a global property of an ofproto.
> This is no longer appropriate, because the Nicira Extended Match
> flow format that upcoming commits will add is not compatible with
> OpenFlow 1.0-only controllers.  This commit changes the flow format
> to a property of an individual OpenFlow connection.connection

I assume you didn't want the extra "connection" there.

> @@ -3297,7 +3297,7 @@ flow_stats_ds_cb(struct cls_rule *rule_, void *cbdata_)
> 
>     query_stats(cbdata->ofproto, rule, &packet_count, &byte_count);
>     flow_to_match(&rule->cr.flow, rule->cr.wc.wildcards,
> -                  cbdata->ofproto->flow_format, &match);
> +                  NXFF_OPENFLOW10, &match);

If the handle_flow_stats_request() function is going to use the "flow_format" argument, it seems like this should as well.  However, as I mentioned in the previous patch, I think we may want to force it to use NXFF_OPENFLOW10, too.

> static struct rule *
> -find_flow_strict(struct ofproto *p, const struct ofp_flow_mod *ofm)
> +find_flow_strict(struct ofproto *p, struct ofconn *ofconn,
> +                 const struct ofp_flow_mod *ofm)

Since "ofproto" is in "ofconn", do you think there's any benefit to just be passing in "ofconn" in some of these functions?

Having some connections using a different match structure than others seems like it's going to cause some interesting interactions.  I can see the need, but I'm curious to see how you handled it.

Thanks!

--Justin