return ofport && !(ofport->opp.config & OFPPC_NO_FLOOD);
 }
 
+/* Sends 'packet' out of port 'port_no' within 'p'.  If 'vlan_tci' is zero the
+ * packet will not have any 802.1Q hader; if it is nonzero, then the packet
+ * will be sent with the VLAN TCI specified by 'vlan_tci & ~VLAN_CFI'.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a positive errno value. */
 int
-ofproto_send_packet(struct ofproto *p, const struct flow *flow,
-                    const union ofp_action *actions, size_t n_actions,
+ofproto_send_packet(struct ofproto *ofproto,
+                    uint32_t port_no, uint16_t vlan_tci,
                     const struct ofpbuf *packet)
 {
-    struct action_xlate_ctx ctx;
-    struct ofpbuf *odp_actions;
-
-    action_xlate_ctx_init(&ctx, p, flow, packet);
-    /* Always xlate packets originated in this function. */
-    ctx.check_special = false;
-    odp_actions = xlate_actions(&ctx, actions, n_actions);
-
-    /* XXX Should we translate the dpif_execute() errno value into an OpenFlow
-     * error code? */
-    dpif_execute(p->dpif, odp_actions->data, odp_actions->size, packet);
+    struct ofpbuf odp_actions;
+    int error;
 
-    ofpbuf_delete(odp_actions);
+    ofpbuf_init(&odp_actions, 32);
+    if (vlan_tci != 0) {
+        nl_msg_put_u32(&odp_actions, ODP_ACTION_ATTR_SET_DL_TCI,
+                       ntohs(vlan_tci & ~VLAN_CFI));
+    }
+    nl_msg_put_u32(&odp_actions, ODP_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT, port_no);
+    error = dpif_execute(ofproto->dpif, odp_actions.data, odp_actions.size,
+                         packet);
+    ofpbuf_uninit(&odp_actions);
 
-    return 0;
+    if (error) {
+        VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "%s: failed to send packet on port %"PRIu32" (%s)",
+                     dpif_name(ofproto->dpif), port_no, strerror(error));
+    }
+    return error;
 }
 
 /* Adds a flow to the OpenFlow flow table in 'p' that matches 'cls_rule' and
     /* Check with in-band control to see if this packet should be sent
      * to the local port regardless of the flow table. */
     if (in_band_msg_in_hook(p->in_band, &flow, upcall->packet)) {
-        struct ofpbuf odp_actions;
-
-        ofpbuf_init(&odp_actions, 32);
-        nl_msg_put_u32(&odp_actions, ODP_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT, ODPP_LOCAL);
-        dpif_execute(p->dpif, odp_actions.data, odp_actions.size,
-                     upcall->packet);
-        ofpbuf_uninit(&odp_actions);
+        ofproto_send_packet(p, ODPP_LOCAL, 0, upcall->packet);
     }
 
     facet = facet_lookup_valid(p, &flow);
 
 void ofproto_get_all_flows(struct ofproto *p, struct ds *);
 
 /* Functions for use by ofproto implementation modules, not by clients. */
-int ofproto_send_packet(struct ofproto *, const struct flow *,
-                        const union ofp_action *, size_t n_actions,
+int ofproto_send_packet(struct ofproto *, uint32_t port_no, uint16_t vlan_tci,
                         const struct ofpbuf *);
 void ofproto_add_flow(struct ofproto *, const struct cls_rule *,
                       const union ofp_action *, size_t n_actions);
 
 static void iface_update_qos(struct iface *, const struct ovsrec_qos *);
 static void iface_update_cfm(struct iface *);
 static void iface_refresh_cfm_stats(struct iface *iface);
-static void iface_send_packet(struct iface *, struct ofpbuf *packet);
 static void iface_update_carrier(struct iface *);
 static bool iface_get_carrier(const struct iface *);
 
 static void shash_to_ovs_idl_map(struct shash *,
                                  char ***keys, char ***values, size_t *n);
 
-
 /* Hooks into ofproto processing. */
 static struct ofhooks bridge_ofhooks;
 \f
     ofpbuf_init(&packet, 128);
     error = n_packets = n_errors = 0;
     LIST_FOR_EACH (e, lru_node, &br->ml->lrus) {
-        union ofp_action actions[2], *a;
-        uint16_t dp_ifidx;
         tag_type tags = 0;
+        uint16_t dp_ifidx;
         struct flow flow;
         int retval;
 
             continue;
         }
 
-        /* Compose actions. */
-        memset(actions, 0, sizeof actions);
-        a = actions;
-        if (e->vlan) {
-            a->vlan_vid.type = htons(OFPAT_SET_VLAN_VID);
-            a->vlan_vid.len = htons(sizeof *a);
-            a->vlan_vid.vlan_vid = htons(e->vlan);
-            a++;
-        }
-        a->output.type = htons(OFPAT_OUTPUT);
-        a->output.len = htons(sizeof *a);
-        a->output.port = htons(odp_port_to_ofp_port(dp_ifidx));
-        a++;
-
         /* Send packet. */
         n_packets++;
-        retval = ofproto_send_packet(br->ofproto, &flow, actions, a - actions,
-                                     &packet);
+        retval = ofproto_send_packet(br->ofproto, dp_ifidx, e->vlan, &packet);
         if (retval) {
             error = retval;
             n_errors++;
 
         ofpbuf_init(&packet, ETH_HEADER_LEN + LACP_PDU_LEN);
         compose_lacp_packet(&packet, ea, pdu);
-        iface_send_packet(iface, &packet);
+        ofproto_send_packet(iface->port->bridge->ofproto,
+                            iface->dp_ifidx, 0, &packet);
         ofpbuf_uninit(&packet);
     } else {
         static struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(1, 10);
         if (iface->cfm) {
             struct ofpbuf *packet = cfm_run(iface->cfm);
             if (packet) {
-                iface_send_packet(iface, packet);
+                ofproto_send_packet(port->bridge->ofproto, iface->dp_ifidx,
+                                    0, packet);
                 ofpbuf_uninit(packet);
                 free(packet);
             }
 \f
 /* Interface functions. */
 
-static void
-iface_send_packet(struct iface *iface, struct ofpbuf *packet)
-{
-    struct flow flow;
-    union ofp_action action;
-
-    memset(&action, 0, sizeof action);
-    action.output.type = htons(OFPAT_OUTPUT);
-    action.output.len  = htons(sizeof action);
-    action.output.port = htons(odp_port_to_ofp_port(iface->dp_ifidx));
-
-    flow_extract(packet, 0, ODPP_NONE, &flow);
-
-    if (ofproto_send_packet(iface->port->bridge->ofproto, &flow, &action, 1,
-                            packet)) {
-        static struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(1, 5);
-        VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "interface %s: Failed to send packet.", iface->name);
-    }
-}
-
 static struct iface *
 iface_create(struct port *port, const struct ovsrec_interface *if_cfg)
 {