+/* This macro is careful to check for actions with bad lengths. */
+#define OFPUTIL_ACTION_FOR_EACH(ITER, LEFT, ACTIONS, N_ACTIONS) \
+ for ((ITER) = (ACTIONS), (LEFT) = (N_ACTIONS); \
+ (LEFT) > 0 && ofputil_action_is_valid(ITER, LEFT); \
+ ((LEFT) -= ntohs((ITER)->header.len) / sizeof(union ofp_action), \
+ (ITER) = ofputil_action_next(ITER)))
+
+/* This macro does not check for actions with bad lengths. It should only be
+ * used with actions from trusted sources or with actions that have already
+ * been validated (e.g. with OFPUTIL_ACTION_FOR_EACH). */
+#define OFPUTIL_ACTION_FOR_EACH_UNSAFE(ITER, LEFT, ACTIONS, N_ACTIONS) \
+ for ((ITER) = (ACTIONS), (LEFT) = (N_ACTIONS); \
+ (LEFT) > 0; \
+ ((LEFT) -= ntohs((ITER)->header.len) / sizeof(union ofp_action), \
+ (ITER) = ofputil_action_next(ITER)))
+
+enum ofperr validate_actions(const union ofp_action *, size_t n_actions,
+ const struct flow *, int max_ports);
+bool action_outputs_to_port(const union ofp_action *, ovs_be16 port);
+
+enum ofperr ofputil_pull_actions(struct ofpbuf *, unsigned int actions_len,
+ union ofp_action **, size_t *);
+
+bool ofputil_actions_equal(const union ofp_action *a, size_t n_a,
+ const union ofp_action *b, size_t n_b);
+union ofp_action *ofputil_actions_clone(const union ofp_action *, size_t n);
+
+/* Handy utility for parsing flows and actions. */
+bool ofputil_parse_key_value(char **stringp, char **keyp, char **valuep);