[ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath: reorder action netlink attribute definition for upstreaming

Andy Zhou azhou at nicira.com
Thu Jul 24 18:38:05 UTC 2014


branch 2.3 has not been released. I plan to back port to it.

The MPLS actions has been released since branch-2.1, but there is no
kernel implementation of them. So the ordering change should not have
any impact. I think.  Did I miss anything?

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 02:37:11AM -0700, Andy Zhou wrote:
>> Keeping the order of netlink attribute definition in the order of
>> upstreaming is the best way to keep all released user space program
>> forward compatible with upstreamed kernel modules.
>>
>> Adjust action netlink attribute order to match with the current
>> upstreaming plan.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Zhou <azhou at nicira.com>
>
> Have we released any branches with the existing numbering?



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