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17 #ifndef DPIF_PROVIDER_H
18 #define DPIF_PROVIDER_H 1
20 /* Provider interface to dpifs, which provide an interface to an Open vSwitch
30 /* Open vSwitch datapath interface.
32 * This structure should be treated as opaque by dpif implementations. */
34 const struct dpif_class *dpif_class;
36 uint8_t netflow_engine_type;
37 uint8_t netflow_engine_id;
40 void dpif_init(struct dpif *, const struct dpif_class *, const char *name,
41 uint8_t netflow_engine_type, uint8_t netflow_engine_id);
42 static inline void dpif_assert_class(const struct dpif *dpif,
43 const struct dpif_class *dpif_class)
45 assert(dpif->dpif_class == dpif_class);
48 /* Datapath interface class structure, to be defined by each implementation of
49 * a datapath interface.
51 * These functions return 0 if successful or a positive errno value on failure,
52 * except where otherwise noted.
54 * These functions are expected to execute synchronously, that is, to block as
55 * necessary to obtain a result. Thus, they may not return EAGAIN or
56 * EWOULDBLOCK or EINPROGRESS. We may relax this requirement in the future if
57 * and when we encounter performance problems. */
59 /* Prefix for names of dpifs in this class, e.g. "netdev:".
61 * One dpif class may have the empty string "" as its prefix, in which case
62 * that dpif class is associated with dpif names that don't match any other
66 /* Class name, for use in error messages. */
69 /* Performs periodic work needed by dpifs of this class, if any is
73 /* Arranges for poll_block() to wake up if the "run" member function needs
77 /* Enumerates the names of all known created datapaths, if possible, into
78 * 'all_dps'. The caller has already initialized 'all_dps' and other dpif
79 * classes might already have added names to it.
81 * This is used by the vswitch at startup, so that it can delete any
82 * datapaths that are not configured.
84 * Some kinds of datapaths might not be practically enumerable, in which
85 * case this function may be a null pointer. */
86 int (*enumerate)(struct svec *all_dps);
88 /* Attempts to open an existing dpif, if 'create' is false, or to open an
89 * existing dpif or create a new one, if 'create' is true. 'name' is the
90 * full dpif name provided by the user, e.g. "udatapath:/var/run/mypath".
91 * This name is useful for error messages but must not be modified.
93 * 'suffix' is a copy of 'name' following the dpif's 'prefix'.
95 * If successful, stores a pointer to the new dpif in '*dpifp'. On failure
96 * there are no requirements on what is stored in '*dpifp'. */
97 int (*open)(const char *name, char *suffix, bool create,
100 /* Closes 'dpif' and frees associated memory. */
101 void (*close)(struct dpif *dpif);
103 /* Enumerates all names that may be used to open 'dpif' into 'all_names'.
104 * The Linux datapath, for example, supports opening a datapath both by
105 * number, e.g. "dp0", and by the name of the datapath's local port. For
106 * some datapaths, this might be an infinite set (e.g. in a file name,
107 * slashes may be duplicated any number of times), in which case only the
108 * names most likely to be used should be enumerated.
110 * The caller has already initialized 'all_names' and might already have
111 * added some names to it. This function should not disturb any existing
112 * names in 'all_names'.
114 * If a datapath class does not support multiple names for a datapath, this
115 * function may be a null pointer.
117 * This is used by the vswitch at startup, */
118 int (*get_all_names)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct svec *all_names);
120 /* Attempts to destroy the dpif underlying 'dpif'.
122 * If successful, 'dpif' will not be used again except as an argument for
123 * the 'close' member function. */
124 int (*destroy)(struct dpif *dpif);
126 /* Retrieves statistics for 'dpif' into 'stats'. */
127 int (*get_stats)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_stats *stats);
129 /* Retrieves 'dpif''s current treatment of IP fragments into '*drop_frags':
130 * true indicates that fragments are dropped, false indicates that
131 * fragments are treated in the same way as other IP packets (except that
132 * the L4 header cannot be read). */
133 int (*get_drop_frags)(const struct dpif *dpif, bool *drop_frags);
135 /* Changes 'dpif''s treatment of IP fragments to 'drop_frags', whose
136 * meaning is the same as for the get_drop_frags member function. */
137 int (*set_drop_frags)(struct dpif *dpif, bool drop_frags);
139 /* Creates a new port in 'dpif' connected to network device 'devname'.
140 * 'flags' is a set of ODP_PORT_* flags. If successful, sets '*port_no'
141 * to the new port's port number. */
142 int (*port_add)(struct dpif *dpif, const char *devname, uint16_t flags,
145 /* Removes port numbered 'port_no' from 'dpif'. */
146 int (*port_del)(struct dpif *dpif, uint16_t port_no);
148 /* Queries 'dpif' for a port with the given 'port_no' or 'devname'. Stores
149 * information about the port into '*port' if successful. */
150 int (*port_query_by_number)(const struct dpif *dpif, uint16_t port_no,
151 struct odp_port *port);
152 int (*port_query_by_name)(const struct dpif *dpif, const char *devname,
153 struct odp_port *port);
155 /* Stores in 'ports' information about up to 'n' ports attached to 'dpif',
156 * in no particular order. Returns the number of ports attached to 'dpif'
157 * (not the number stored), if successful, otherwise a negative errno
159 int (*port_list)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_port *ports, int n);
161 /* Polls for changes in the set of ports in 'dpif'. If the set of ports in
162 * 'dpif' has changed, then this function should do one of the
165 * - Preferably: store the name of the device that was added to or deleted
166 * from 'dpif' in '*devnamep' and return 0. The caller is responsible
167 * for freeing '*devnamep' (with free()) when it no longer needs it.
169 * - Alternatively: return ENOBUFS, without indicating the device that was
172 * Occasional 'false positives', in which the function returns 0 while
173 * indicating a device that was not actually added or deleted or returns
174 * ENOBUFS without any change, are acceptable.
176 * If the set of ports in 'dpif' has not changed, returns EAGAIN. May also
177 * return other positive errno values to indicate that something has gone
179 int (*port_poll)(const struct dpif *dpif, char **devnamep);
181 /* Arranges for the poll loop to wake up when 'port_poll' will return a
182 * value other than EAGAIN. */
183 void (*port_poll_wait)(const struct dpif *dpif);
185 /* Stores in 'ports' the port numbers of up to 'n' ports that belong to
186 * 'group' in 'dpif'. Returns the number of ports in 'group' (not the
187 * number stored), if successful, otherwise a negative errno value. */
188 int (*port_group_get)(const struct dpif *dpif, int group,
189 uint16_t ports[], int n);
191 /* Changes port group 'group' in 'dpif' to consist of the 'n' ports whose
192 * numbers are given in 'ports'.
194 * Use the get_stats member function to obtain the number of supported port
196 int (*port_group_set)(struct dpif *dpif, int group,
197 const uint16_t ports[], int n);
199 /* For each flow 'flow' in the 'n' flows in 'flows':
201 * - If a flow matching 'flow->key' exists in 'dpif':
203 * Stores 0 into 'flow->stats.error' and stores statistics for the flow
204 * into 'flow->stats'.
206 * If 'flow->n_actions' is zero, then 'flow->actions' is ignored. If
207 * 'flow->n_actions' is nonzero, then 'flow->actions' should point to
208 * an array of the specified number of actions. At most that many of
209 * the flow's actions will be copied into that array.
210 * 'flow->n_actions' will be updated to the number of actions actually
211 * present in the flow, which may be greater than the number stored if
212 * the flow has more actions than space available in the array.
214 * - Flow-specific errors are indicated by a positive errno value in
215 * 'flow->stats.error'. In particular, ENOENT indicates that no flow
216 * matching 'flow->key' exists in 'dpif'. When an error value is stored,
217 * the contents of 'flow->key' are preserved but other members of 'flow'
218 * should be treated as indeterminate.
220 * Returns 0 if all 'n' flows in 'flows' were updated (whether they were
221 * individually successful or not is indicated by 'flow->stats.error',
222 * however). Returns a positive errno value if an error that prevented
223 * this update occurred, in which the caller must not depend on any
224 * elements in 'flows' being updated or not updated.
226 int (*flow_get)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_flow flows[], int n);
228 /* Adds or modifies a flow in 'dpif' as specified in 'put':
230 * - If the flow specified in 'put->flow' does not exist in 'dpif', then
231 * behavior depends on whether ODPPF_CREATE is specified in 'put->flags':
232 * if it is, the flow will be added, otherwise the operation will fail
235 * - Otherwise, the flow specified in 'put->flow' does exist in 'dpif'.
236 * Behavior in this case depends on whether ODPPF_MODIFY is specified in
237 * 'put->flags': if it is, the flow's actions will be updated, otherwise
238 * the operation will fail with EEXIST. If the flow's actions are
239 * updated, then its statistics will be zeroed if ODPPF_ZERO_STATS is set
240 * in 'put->flags', left as-is otherwise.
242 int (*flow_put)(struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_flow_put *put);
244 /* Deletes a flow matching 'flow->key' from 'dpif' or returns ENOENT if
245 * 'dpif' does not contain such a flow.
247 * If successful, updates 'flow->stats', 'flow->n_actions', and
248 * 'flow->actions' as described in more detail under the flow_get member
250 int (*flow_del)(struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_flow *flow);
252 /* Deletes all flows from 'dpif' and clears all of its queues of received
254 int (*flow_flush)(struct dpif *dpif);
256 /* Stores up to 'n' flows in 'dpif' into 'flows', updating their statistics
257 * and actions as described under the flow_get member function. If
258 * successful, returns the number of flows actually present in 'dpif',
259 * which might be greater than the number stored (if 'dpif' has more than
260 * 'n' flows). On failure, returns a negative errno value. */
261 int (*flow_list)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_flow flows[], int n);
263 /* Performs the 'n_actions' actions in 'actions' on the Ethernet frame
264 * specified in 'packet'.
266 * Pretends that the frame was originally received on the port numbered
267 * 'in_port'. This affects only ODPAT_OUTPUT_GROUP actions, which will not
268 * send a packet out their input port. Specify the number of an unused
269 * port (e.g. UINT16_MAX is currently always unused) to avoid this
271 int (*execute)(struct dpif *dpif, uint16_t in_port,
272 const union odp_action actions[], int n_actions,
273 const struct ofpbuf *packet);
275 /* Retrieves 'dpif''s "listen mask" into '*listen_mask'. Each ODPL_* bit
276 * set in '*listen_mask' indicates the 'dpif' will receive messages of the
277 * corresponding type when it calls the recv member function. */
278 int (*recv_get_mask)(const struct dpif *dpif, int *listen_mask);
280 /* Sets 'dpif''s "listen mask" to 'listen_mask'. Each ODPL_* bit set in
281 * 'listen_mask' indicates the 'dpif' will receive messages of the
282 * corresponding type when it calls the recv member function. */
283 int (*recv_set_mask)(struct dpif *dpif, int listen_mask);
285 /* Retrieves 'dpif''s sFlow sampling probability into '*probability'.
286 * Return value is 0 or a positive errno value. EOPNOTSUPP indicates that
287 * the datapath does not support sFlow, as does a null pointer.
289 * '*probability' is expressed as the number of packets out of UINT_MAX to
290 * sample, e.g. probability/UINT_MAX is the probability of sampling a given
292 int (*get_sflow_probability)(const struct dpif *dpif,
293 uint32_t *probability);
295 /* Sets 'dpif''s sFlow sampling probability to 'probability'. Return value
296 * is 0 or a positive errno value. EOPNOTSUPP indicates that the datapath
297 * does not support sFlow, as does a null pointer.
299 * 'probability' is expressed as the number of packets out of UINT_MAX to
300 * sample, e.g. probability/UINT_MAX is the probability of sampling a given
302 int (*set_sflow_probability)(struct dpif *dpif, uint32_t probability);
304 /* Attempts to receive a message from 'dpif'. If successful, stores the
305 * message into '*packetp'. The message, if one is received, must begin
306 * with 'struct odp_msg' as a header. Only messages of the types selected
307 * with the set_listen_mask member function should be received.
309 * This function must not block. If no message is ready to be received
310 * when it is called, it should return EAGAIN without blocking. */
311 int (*recv)(struct dpif *dpif, struct ofpbuf **packetp);
313 /* Arranges for the poll loop to wake up when 'dpif' has a message queued
314 * to be received with the recv member function. */
315 void (*recv_wait)(struct dpif *dpif);
318 extern const struct dpif_class dpif_linux_class;
319 extern const struct dpif_class dpif_netdev_class;
325 #endif /* dpif-provider.h */