+/* Returns the 'enum ofputil_action_code' corresponding to 'name' (e.g. if
+ * 'name' is "output" then the return value is OFPUTIL_OFPAT_OUTPUT), or -1 if
+ * 'name' is not the name of any action.
+ *
+ * ofp-util.def lists the mapping from names to action. */
+int
+ofputil_action_code_from_name(const char *name)
+{
+ static const char *names[OFPUTIL_N_ACTIONS] = {
+#define OFPAT_ACTION(ENUM, STRUCT, NAME) NAME,
+#define NXAST_ACTION(ENUM, STRUCT, EXTENSIBLE, NAME) NAME,
+#include "ofp-util.def"
+ };
+
+ const char **p;
+
+ for (p = names; p < &names[ARRAY_SIZE(names)]; p++) {
+ if (*p && !strcasecmp(name, *p)) {
+ return p - names;
+ }
+ }
+ return -1;
+}
+
+/* Appends an action of the type specified by 'code' to 'buf' and returns the
+ * action. Initializes the parts of 'action' that identify it as having type
+ * <ENUM> and length 'sizeof *action' and zeros the rest. For actions that
+ * have variable length, the length used and cleared is that of struct
+ * <STRUCT>. */
+void *
+ofputil_put_action(enum ofputil_action_code code, struct ofpbuf *buf)
+{
+ switch (code) {
+#define OFPAT_ACTION(ENUM, STRUCT, NAME) \
+ case OFPUTIL_##ENUM: return ofputil_put_##ENUM(buf);
+#define NXAST_ACTION(ENUM, STRUCT, EXTENSIBLE, NAME) \
+ case OFPUTIL_##ENUM: return ofputil_put_##ENUM(buf);
+#include "ofp-util.def"
+ }
+ NOT_REACHED();
+}
+
+#define OFPAT_ACTION(ENUM, STRUCT, NAME) \
+ void \
+ ofputil_init_##ENUM(struct STRUCT *s) \
+ { \
+ memset(s, 0, sizeof *s); \
+ s->type = htons(ENUM); \
+ s->len = htons(sizeof *s); \
+ } \
+ \
+ struct STRUCT * \
+ ofputil_put_##ENUM(struct ofpbuf *buf) \
+ { \
+ struct STRUCT *s = ofpbuf_put_uninit(buf, sizeof *s); \
+ ofputil_init_##ENUM(s); \
+ return s; \
+ }
+#define NXAST_ACTION(ENUM, STRUCT, EXTENSIBLE, NAME) \
+ void \
+ ofputil_init_##ENUM(struct STRUCT *s) \
+ { \
+ memset(s, 0, sizeof *s); \
+ s->type = htons(OFPAT_VENDOR); \
+ s->len = htons(sizeof *s); \
+ s->vendor = htonl(NX_VENDOR_ID); \
+ s->subtype = htons(ENUM); \
+ } \
+ \
+ struct STRUCT * \
+ ofputil_put_##ENUM(struct ofpbuf *buf) \
+ { \
+ struct STRUCT *s = ofpbuf_put_uninit(buf, sizeof *s); \
+ ofputil_init_##ENUM(s); \
+ return s; \
+ }
+#include "ofp-util.def"
+