[ovs-dev] [PATCH v5 2/4] dpif-netdev: Do not check mask if it doesn't exist.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Dec 6 17:40:21 UTC 2013


On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 04:27:24PM -0800, Jarno Rajahalme wrote:
> Ofproto always provides a valid pointer to a mask, but the mask length
> is zero when megaflows are disabled.  Use match_wc_init() to get an
> appropriate exact match mask when there is no mask.

I'm having a little trouble understanding the commit message.
Everything in it makes sense, but it doesn't explain the problem to me.
It's like there should be another clause in the first sentence: "...are
disabled, and this causes a problem because..."

Thanks,

Ben.



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