[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ofproto-dpif: Use send_packet() instead of netdev_send().

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Mon Oct 31 23:38:13 UTC 2011


Yes, oops, I'll take care of it right away.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 03:01:15PM -0700, Jesse Gross wrote:
> I think this might have been overlooked.
> 
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
> > netdev_send() directly sends a packet using Linux mechanisms, skipping
> > our kernel module. Several upper layer abstractions are built on top of
> > the kernel module, so this means that we loose stats, sFlow, etc. on
> > these packets. This changes bonding, LACP, and STP to use send_packet()
> > as CFM does, which uses the standard kernel mechanisms and provides a
> > single place that needs to be updated.



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