openvswitch: Allow OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA to be variable length.
Until now, the optional OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA attribute had to be
exactly 64 bits long, if it was present. However, 64 bits is not enough
space to associate as much information with a flow as would be convenient
for some userspace features now under development. This commit generalizes
the attribute, allowing it to be any length.
This generalization is backward-compatible: if userspace only uses 64-bit
attributes, then it will not see any change in behavior.
CC: Romain Lenglet <rlenglet@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
index 99e6414..67d6c7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/openvswitch.h
+++ b/include/linux/openvswitch.h
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@
* for %OVS_PACKET_CMD_EXECUTE. It has nested %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* attributes.
* @OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA: Present for an %OVS_PACKET_CMD_ACTION
* notification if the %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE action specified an
- * %OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA attribute.
+ * %OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA attribute, with the same length and content
+ * specified there.
*
* These attributes follow the &struct ovs_header within the Generic Netlink
* payload for %OVS_PACKET_* commands.
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@
OVS_PACKET_ATTR_PACKET, /* Packet data. */
OVS_PACKET_ATTR_KEY, /* Nested OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes. */
OVS_PACKET_ATTR_ACTIONS, /* Nested OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* attributes. */
- OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA, /* u64 OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE arg. */
+ OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA, /* OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE arg. */
__OVS_PACKET_ATTR_MAX
};
@@ -389,13 +390,13 @@
* enum ovs_userspace_attr - Attributes for %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE action.
* @OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_PID: u32 Netlink PID to which the %OVS_PACKET_CMD_ACTION
* message should be sent. Required.
- * @OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA: If present, its u64 argument is copied to the
- * %OVS_PACKET_CMD_ACTION message as %OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA,
+ * @OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA: If present, its variable-length argument is
+ * copied to the %OVS_PACKET_CMD_ACTION message as %OVS_PACKET_ATTR_USERDATA.
*/
enum ovs_userspace_attr {
OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_UNSPEC,
OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_PID, /* u32 Netlink PID to receive upcalls. */
- OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA, /* u64 optional user-specified cookie. */
+ OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA, /* Optional user-specified cookie. */
__OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_MAX
};