From: Ben Pfaff Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:37:22 +0000 (-0700) Subject: ofp-actions: Improve comments. X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=commitdiff_plain;h=13f894b1f04f116a51e9dd7ac1a4485bd6057366 ofp-actions: Improve comments. Reported-by: Joe Stringer Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff --- diff --git a/lib/ofp-actions.c b/lib/ofp-actions.c index 93f6bf77..582b5aea 100644 --- a/lib/ofp-actions.c +++ b/lib/ofp-actions.c @@ -505,8 +505,11 @@ ofpacts_pull_actions(struct ofpbuf *openflow, unsigned int actions_len, * in 'ofpacts' by the converted ofpacts; on failure, clears 'ofpacts'. * Returns 0 if successful, otherwise an OpenFlow error. * - * This function does not check that the actions are valid in a given context. - * The caller should do so, with ofpacts_check(). */ + * The parsed actions are valid generically, but they may not be valid in a + * specific context. For example, port numbers up to OFPP_MAX are valid + * generically, but specific datapaths may only support port numbers in a + * smaller range. Use ofpacts_check() to additional check whether actions are + * valid in a specific context. */ enum ofperr ofpacts_pull_openflow10(struct ofpbuf *openflow, unsigned int actions_len, struct ofpbuf *ofpacts) @@ -826,8 +829,11 @@ get_actions_from_instruction(const struct ofp11_instruction *inst, * instructions, so you should call ofpacts_pull_openflow11_instructions() * instead of this function. * - * This function does not check that the actions are valid in a given context. - * The caller should do so, with ofpacts_check(). */ + * The parsed actions are valid generically, but they may not be valid in a + * specific context. For example, port numbers up to OFPP_MAX are valid + * generically, but specific datapaths may only support port numbers in a + * smaller range. Use ofpacts_check() to additional check whether actions are + * valid in a specific context. */ enum ofperr ofpacts_pull_openflow11_actions(struct ofpbuf *openflow, unsigned int actions_len,