[ovs-discuss] recirculation on custom action.

[Joe Stringer]

On 4 August 2015 at 13:45, David Evans <davidjoshuaevans at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi OVS
>
> I¹d like to trigger a recirculation based on a packet modifying action.
> What¹s the best way to do this?
>
>
> 1. add another custom action?
> 2. Add a compose_recirculate_action() in do_xlate_actions() for my custom
> action?
> 3. Another way I haven¹t heard of.

In general I believe that we've tried to hide recirculation away from
the OpenFlow interface as it can have complicated repercussions on the
pipeline, so that lends itself to #2. But it depends on what you're
trying to achieve through recirculation.