[ovs-discuss] GOTO_TABLE jumping back to lower numbered table

[Ben Pfaff]

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 09:51:58AM -0700, Saurabh Shrivastava (सौरभ श्रीवास्तव) wrote:
> GOTO_TABLE only allows jumping to a higher number table. Is it to prevent
> loops? Is there a way to bypass this restriction?
> 
> BTW man page for GOTO_TABLE doesnt state this restriction.

OpenFlow restricts goto_table this way.  You can refer to the OpenFlow
specification for full details of OpenFlow.

You can use "resubmit", instead, to jump backward.