Yes.  I separated this into 2 parts because the first one (datapath
changes) is just to bring the in-tree module into line with netdev
net-next.  The second part contains the user-space changes and unit tests.
There are some comments marked with "XXX" to invite close scrutiny.

If this approach is accepted then I can follow up with further enhancements
to report on QinQ,  NAT,  64-bit tunnel keys,  and to improve the
monitoring of Geneve and STT.   That should all be pretty straightforward
now.  No further changes to datapath required.

Neil



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Neil McKee
InMon Corp.
http://www.inmon.com

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Jesse Gross <je...@nicira.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 09:43:58AM -0700, Neil McKee wrote:
> >> If new optional attribute OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_ACTIONS is added to an
> >> OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE action, then include the datapath actions
> >> in the upcall.
> >>
> >> This Directly associates the sampled packet with the path it takes
> >> through the virtual switch. Path information currently includes
> mangling,
> >> encapsulation and decapsulation actions for tunneling protocols GRE,
> >> VXLAN, Geneve, MPLS and QinQ, but this extension requires no further
> >> changes to accommodate datapath actions that may be added in the
> >> future.
> >>
> >> Adding path information enhances visibility into complex virtual
> >> networks.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Neil McKee <neil.mc...@inmon.com>
> >
> > I think that one reason that this might be having some trouble getting
> > reviews is because it's against the datapath directory.  For some time
> > now, the path for changes to the Linux datapath is to first post them to
> > the netdev mailing list and get them committed to upstream Linux, then
> > to port equivalent changes to the Open vSwitch in-tree module.  (I don't
> > follow netdev; maybe you've already done that.)
>
> The kernel part was already applied to upstream Linux. This is the
> backport (I assume, although I haven't checked, that it is the same).
> I think at this point it mostly needs a review of the userspace
> portions.
>
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