[ovs-dev] [packet_in 13/13] openflow: New Nicira Extended PACKET_IN format.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Jan 3 22:24:12 UTC 2012


On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 04:02:44PM -0600, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> Looking through the ofproto-dpif code, all of the callers either do or
> *should* be cloning the packet when using a packet_in action.  One
> caller in handle_miss_upcalls, doesn't clone, but should because it
> later reuses the packet.  For this reason I'm going to remove support
> for retaining ownership of the packet (e.g. callers must clone).

I don't see the incorrect call that you mention.  Can you be more
specific?

Thanks,

Ben.



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