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27 #define THIS_MODULE VLM_pktbuf
30 /* Buffers are identified by a 32-bit opaque ID. We divide the ID
31 * into a buffer number (low bits) and a cookie (high bits). The buffer number
32 * is an index into an array of buffers. The cookie distinguishes between
33 * different packets that have occupied a single buffer. Thus, the more
34 * buffers we have, the lower-quality the cookie... */
36 #define PKTBUF_MASK (PKTBUF_CNT - 1)
37 #define PKTBUF_CNT (1u << PKTBUF_BITS)
39 #define COOKIE_BITS (32 - PKTBUF_BITS)
40 #define COOKIE_MAX ((1u << COOKIE_BITS) - 1)
42 #define OVERWRITE_MSECS 5000
45 struct ofpbuf *buffer;
47 long long int timeout;
52 struct packet packets[PKTBUF_CNT];
53 unsigned int buffer_idx;
54 unsigned int null_idx;
66 return xzalloc(sizeof *pktbuf_create());
70 pktbuf_destroy(struct pktbuf *pb)
75 for (i = 0; i < PKTBUF_CNT; i++) {
76 ofpbuf_delete(pb->packets[i].buffer);
83 make_id(unsigned int buffer_idx, unsigned int cookie)
85 return buffer_idx | (cookie << PKTBUF_BITS);
88 /* Attempts to allocate an OpenFlow packet buffer id within 'pb'. The packet
89 * buffer will store a copy of 'buffer' and the port number 'in_port', which
90 * should be the datapath port number on which 'buffer' was received.
92 * If successful, returns the packet buffer id (a number other than
93 * UINT32_MAX). pktbuf_retrieve() can later be used to retrieve the buffer and
94 * its input port number (buffers do expire after a time, so this is not
95 * guaranteed to be true forever). On failure, returns UINT32_MAX.
97 * The caller retains ownership of 'buffer'. */
99 pktbuf_save(struct pktbuf *pb, struct ofpbuf *buffer, uint16_t in_port)
101 struct packet *p = &pb->packets[pb->buffer_idx];
102 pb->buffer_idx = (pb->buffer_idx + 1) & PKTBUF_MASK;
104 if (time_msec() < p->timeout) {
107 ofpbuf_delete(p->buffer);
110 /* Don't use maximum cookie value since all-1-bits ID is special. */
111 if (++p->cookie >= COOKIE_MAX) {
114 p->buffer = ofpbuf_clone(buffer);
115 p->timeout = time_msec() + OVERWRITE_MSECS;
116 p->in_port = in_port;
117 return make_id(p - pb->packets, p->cookie);
121 * Allocates and returns a "null" packet buffer id. The returned packet buffer
122 * id is considered valid by pktbuf_retrieve(), but it is not associated with
123 * actual buffered data.
125 * This function is always successful.
127 * This is useful in one special case: with the current OpenFlow design, the
128 * "fail-open" code cannot always know whether a connection to a controller is
129 * actually valid until it receives a OFPT_PACKET_OUT or OFPT_FLOW_MOD request,
130 * but at that point the packet in question has already been forwarded (since
131 * we are still in "fail-open" mode). If the packet was buffered in the usual
132 * way, then the OFPT_PACKET_OUT or OFPT_FLOW_MOD would cause a duplicate
133 * packet in the network. Null packet buffer ids identify such a packet that
134 * has already been forwarded, so that Open vSwitch can quietly ignore the
135 * request to re-send it. (After that happens, the switch exits fail-open
138 * See the top-level comment in fail-open.c for an overview.
141 pktbuf_get_null(void)
143 return make_id(0, COOKIE_MAX);
146 /* Attempts to retrieve a saved packet with the given 'id' from 'pb'. Returns
147 * 0 if successful, otherwise an OpenFlow error code constructed with
150 * On success, ordinarily stores the buffered packet in '*bufferp' and the
151 * datapath port number on which the packet was received in '*in_port'. The
152 * caller becomes responsible for freeing the buffer. However, if 'id'
153 * identifies a "null" packet buffer (created with pktbuf_get_null()), stores
154 * NULL in '*bufferp' and -1 in '*in_port'.
156 * On failure, stores NULL in in '*bufferp' and -1 in '*in_port'. */
158 pktbuf_retrieve(struct pktbuf *pb, uint32_t id, struct ofpbuf **bufferp,
161 static struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(1, 20);
166 VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "attempt to send buffered packet via connection "
168 return ofp_mkerr(OFPET_BAD_REQUEST, OFPBRC_BAD_COOKIE);
171 p = &pb->packets[id & PKTBUF_MASK];
172 if (p->cookie == id >> PKTBUF_BITS) {
173 struct ofpbuf *buffer = p->buffer;
176 *in_port = p->in_port;
178 COVERAGE_INC(pktbuf_retrieved);
181 COVERAGE_INC(pktbuf_reuse_error);
182 VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "attempt to reuse buffer %08"PRIx32, id);
183 error = ofp_mkerr(OFPET_BAD_REQUEST, OFPBRC_BUFFER_EMPTY);
185 } else if (id >> PKTBUF_BITS != COOKIE_MAX) {
186 COVERAGE_INC(pktbuf_bad_cookie);
187 VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "cookie mismatch: %08"PRIx32" != %08"PRIx32,
188 id, (id & PKTBUF_MASK) | (p->cookie << PKTBUF_BITS));
189 error = ofp_mkerr(OFPET_BAD_REQUEST, OFPBRC_BAD_COOKIE);
191 COVERAGE_INC(pktbuf_null_cookie);
192 VLOG_INFO_RL(&rl, "Received null cookie %08"PRIx32" (this is normal "
193 "if the switch was recently in fail-open mode)", id);
202 pktbuf_discard(struct pktbuf *pb, uint32_t id)
204 struct packet *p = &pb->packets[id & PKTBUF_MASK];
205 if (p->cookie == id >> PKTBUF_BITS) {
206 ofpbuf_delete(p->buffer);