Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/3] dpif-offload: Add support for alternative actions.

[Eelco Chaudron via dev]

On 8 Oct 2026, at 15:01, Eli Britstein via dev wrote:

> On 06/10/2026 17:30, Eelco Chaudron wrote:
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>> Allow the netdev_hw_post_process() callback to return an optional set of
>> alternative actions via a new 'alt_actions' parameter.  When set, these
>> actions are executed instead of the flow's own actions, enabling offload
>> providers to indicate that a subset of the actions was already performed
>> in hardware.
>>
>> Note that batching for packets with alternative actions is not optimal,
>> as it requires a linear scan over the current batch list to find a
>> matching (flow, alt_actions) pair.
> Thanks Eelco. Few nits below

Thanks for finding the nits I normally report myself ;)

Will fix them in v2.

//Eelco

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