[ovs-dev] [PATCH] meta-flow: Document that constituents of conjunctive flows may overlap.

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 05:11:53PM -0700, William Tu wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:24:31PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > Suggested-by: Antonin Bas <abas at vmware.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>
> > ---
> >  lib/meta-flow.xml | 2 ++
> >  manpages.mk       | 3 ---
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/lib/meta-flow.xml b/lib/meta-flow.xml
> > index d4495552b3c2..1546758744b4 100644
> > --- a/lib/meta-flow.xml
> > +++ b/lib/meta-flow.xml
> > @@ -1240,6 +1240,8 @@ tcp,tp_src=0x07c0/0xfff0
> >          priority, that is, any given packet must be able to match at most one
> >          conjunctive flow at a given priority.  Overlapping conjunctive flows
> >          yield unpredictable results.
> > +        (The flows that constitute a conjunctive flow may overlap with those
> > +        that constitute the same or another conjunctive flow.)
> >        </li>
> >        <li>
> >          Following a conjunctive flow match, the search for the flow with
> LGTM above.
> Acked-by: William Tu <u9012063 at gmail.com>

Thanks, I applied this to master.

> But the blow is unrelated.

You are right.  I dropped it.