[ovs-dev] [PATCH 6/7] datapath: Factor out allocation and verification of actions.

[Jesse Gross]

As the size of the flow key grows, it can put some pressure on the
stack. This is particularly true in ovs_flow_cmd_set(), which needs several
copies of the key on the stack. One of those uses is logically separate,
so this factors it out to reduce stack pressure and improve readibility.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>
---
 datapath/datapath.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/datapath/datapath.c b/datapath/datapath.c
index 81ecc0f..305936a 100644
--- a/datapath/datapath.c
+++ b/datapath/datapath.c
@@ -952,11 +952,34 @@ error:
 	return error;
 }
 
+static struct sw_flow_actions *get_flow_actions(const struct nlattr *a,
+						const struct sw_flow_key *key,
+						const struct sw_flow_mask *mask)
+{
+	struct sw_flow_actions *acts;
+	struct sw_flow_key masked_key;
+	int error;
+
+	acts = ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(nla_len(a));
+	if (IS_ERR(acts))
+		return acts;
+
+	ovs_flow_mask_key(&masked_key, key, mask);
+	error = ovs_nla_copy_actions(a, &masked_key, 0, &acts);
+	if (error) {
+		OVS_NLERR("Flow actions may not be safe on all matching packets.\n");
+		kfree(acts);
+		return ERR_PTR(error);
+	}
+
+	return acts;
+}
+
 static int ovs_flow_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct nlattr **a = info->attrs;
 	struct ovs_header *ovs_header = info->userhdr;
-	struct sw_flow_key key, masked_key;
+	struct sw_flow_key key;
 	struct sw_flow *flow;
 	struct sw_flow_mask mask;
 	struct sk_buff *reply = NULL;
@@ -978,20 +1001,11 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	/* Validate actions. */
 	if (a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS]) {
-		acts = ovs_nla_alloc_flow_actions(nla_len(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS]));
-		error = PTR_ERR(acts);
+		acts = get_flow_actions(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS], &key, &mask);
 		if (IS_ERR(acts))
 			goto error;
-
-		ovs_flow_mask_key(&masked_key, &key, &mask);
-		error = ovs_nla_copy_actions(a[OVS_FLOW_ATTR_ACTIONS],
-					     &masked_key, 0, &acts);
-		if (error) {
-			OVS_NLERR("Flow actions may not be safe on all matching packets.\n");
-			goto err_kfree_acts;
-		}
 	}
-
+	
 	/* Can allocate before locking if have acts. */
 	if (acts) {
 		reply = ovs_flow_cmd_alloc_info(acts, info, false);
-- 
1.9.1