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17 #ifndef DPIF_PROVIDER_H
18 #define DPIF_PROVIDER_H 1
20 /* Provider interface to dpifs, which provide an interface to an Open vSwitch
21 * datapath. A datapath is a collection of physical or virtual ports that are
22 * exposed over OpenFlow as a single switch. Datapaths and the collections of
23 * ports that they contain may be fixed or dynamic. */
25 #include "openflow/openflow.h"
33 /* Open vSwitch datapath interface.
35 * This structure should be treated as opaque by dpif implementations. */
37 const struct dpif_class *dpif_class;
40 uint8_t netflow_engine_type;
41 uint8_t netflow_engine_id;
44 void dpif_init(struct dpif *, const struct dpif_class *, const char *name,
45 uint8_t netflow_engine_type, uint8_t netflow_engine_id);
46 void dpif_uninit(struct dpif *dpif, bool close);
48 static inline void dpif_assert_class(const struct dpif *dpif,
49 const struct dpif_class *dpif_class)
51 ovs_assert(dpif->dpif_class == dpif_class);
54 /* Datapath interface class structure, to be defined by each implementation of
55 * a datapath interface.
57 * These functions return 0 if successful or a positive errno value on failure,
58 * except where otherwise noted.
60 * These functions are expected to execute synchronously, that is, to block as
61 * necessary to obtain a result. Thus, they may not return EAGAIN or
62 * EWOULDBLOCK or EINPROGRESS. We may relax this requirement in the future if
63 * and when we encounter performance problems. */
65 /* Type of dpif in this class, e.g. "system", "netdev", etc.
67 * One of the providers should supply a "system" type, since this is
68 * the type assumed if no type is specified when opening a dpif. */
71 /* Enumerates the names of all known created datapaths, if possible, into
72 * 'all_dps'. The caller has already initialized 'all_dps' and other dpif
73 * classes might already have added names to it.
75 * This is used by the vswitch at startup, so that it can delete any
76 * datapaths that are not configured.
78 * Some kinds of datapaths might not be practically enumerable, in which
79 * case this function may be a null pointer. */
80 int (*enumerate)(struct sset *all_dps);
82 /* Returns the type to pass to netdev_open() when a dpif of class
83 * 'dpif_class' has a port of type 'type', for a few special cases
84 * when a netdev type differs from a port type. For example, when
85 * using the userspace datapath, a port of type "internal" needs to
88 * Returns either 'type' itself or a string literal, which must not
90 const char *(*port_open_type)(const struct dpif_class *dpif_class,
93 /* Attempts to open an existing dpif called 'name', if 'create' is false,
94 * or to open an existing dpif or create a new one, if 'create' is true.
96 * 'dpif_class' is the class of dpif to open.
98 * If successful, stores a pointer to the new dpif in '*dpifp', which must
99 * have class 'dpif_class'. On failure there are no requirements on what
100 * is stored in '*dpifp'. */
101 int (*open)(const struct dpif_class *dpif_class,
102 const char *name, bool create, struct dpif **dpifp);
104 /* Closes 'dpif' and frees associated memory. */
105 void (*close)(struct dpif *dpif);
107 /* Attempts to destroy the dpif underlying 'dpif'.
109 * If successful, 'dpif' will not be used again except as an argument for
110 * the 'close' member function. */
111 int (*destroy)(struct dpif *dpif);
113 /* Performs periodic work needed by 'dpif', if any is necessary. */
114 void (*run)(struct dpif *dpif);
116 /* Arranges for poll_block() to wake up if the "run" member function needs
117 * to be called for 'dpif'. */
118 void (*wait)(struct dpif *dpif);
120 /* Retrieves statistics for 'dpif' into 'stats'. */
121 int (*get_stats)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct dpif_dp_stats *stats);
123 /* Adds 'netdev' as a new port in 'dpif'. If '*port_no' is not
124 * UINT32_MAX, attempts to use that as the port's port number.
126 * If port is successfully added, sets '*port_no' to the new port's
127 * port number. Returns EBUSY if caller attempted to choose a port
128 * number, and it was in use. */
129 int (*port_add)(struct dpif *dpif, struct netdev *netdev,
132 /* Removes port numbered 'port_no' from 'dpif'. */
133 int (*port_del)(struct dpif *dpif, uint32_t port_no);
135 /* Queries 'dpif' for a port with the given 'port_no' or 'devname'.
136 * If 'port' is not null, stores information about the port into
137 * '*port' if successful.
139 * If 'port' is not null, the caller takes ownership of data in
140 * 'port' and must free it with dpif_port_destroy() when it is no
142 int (*port_query_by_number)(const struct dpif *dpif, uint32_t port_no,
143 struct dpif_port *port);
144 int (*port_query_by_name)(const struct dpif *dpif, const char *devname,
145 struct dpif_port *port);
147 /* Returns one greater than the largest port number accepted in flow
149 int (*get_max_ports)(const struct dpif *dpif);
151 /* Returns the Netlink PID value to supply in OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE
152 * actions as the OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_PID attribute's value, for use in
153 * flows whose packets arrived on port 'port_no'.
155 * A 'port_no' of UINT32_MAX should be treated as a special case. The
156 * implementation should return a reserved PID, not allocated to any port,
157 * that the client may use for special purposes.
159 * The return value only needs to be meaningful when DPIF_UC_ACTION has
160 * been enabled in the 'dpif''s listen mask, and it is allowed to change
161 * when DPIF_UC_ACTION is disabled and then re-enabled.
163 * A dpif provider that doesn't have meaningful Netlink PIDs can use NULL
164 * for this function. This is equivalent to always returning 0. */
165 uint32_t (*port_get_pid)(const struct dpif *dpif, uint32_t port_no);
167 /* Attempts to begin dumping the ports in a dpif. On success, returns 0
168 * and initializes '*statep' with any data needed for iteration. On
169 * failure, returns a positive errno value. */
170 int (*port_dump_start)(const struct dpif *dpif, void **statep);
172 /* Attempts to retrieve another port from 'dpif' for 'state', which was
173 * initialized by a successful call to the 'port_dump_start' function for
174 * 'dpif'. On success, stores a new dpif_port into 'port' and returns 0.
175 * Returns EOF if the end of the port table has been reached, or a positive
176 * errno value on error. This function will not be called again once it
177 * returns nonzero once for a given iteration (but the 'port_dump_done'
178 * function will be called afterward).
180 * The dpif provider retains ownership of the data stored in 'port'. It
181 * must remain valid until at least the next call to 'port_dump_next' or
182 * 'port_dump_done' for 'state'. */
183 int (*port_dump_next)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *state,
184 struct dpif_port *port);
186 /* Releases resources from 'dpif' for 'state', which was initialized by a
187 * successful call to the 'port_dump_start' function for 'dpif'. */
188 int (*port_dump_done)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *state);
190 /* Polls for changes in the set of ports in 'dpif'. If the set of ports in
191 * 'dpif' has changed, then this function should do one of the
194 * - Preferably: store the name of the device that was added to or deleted
195 * from 'dpif' in '*devnamep' and return 0. The caller is responsible
196 * for freeing '*devnamep' (with free()) when it no longer needs it.
198 * - Alternatively: return ENOBUFS, without indicating the device that was
201 * Occasional 'false positives', in which the function returns 0 while
202 * indicating a device that was not actually added or deleted or returns
203 * ENOBUFS without any change, are acceptable.
205 * If the set of ports in 'dpif' has not changed, returns EAGAIN. May also
206 * return other positive errno values to indicate that something has gone
208 int (*port_poll)(const struct dpif *dpif, char **devnamep);
210 /* Arranges for the poll loop to wake up when 'port_poll' will return a
211 * value other than EAGAIN. */
212 void (*port_poll_wait)(const struct dpif *dpif);
214 /* Queries 'dpif' for a flow entry. The flow is specified by the Netlink
215 * attributes with types OVS_KEY_ATTR_* in the 'key_len' bytes starting at
218 * Returns 0 if successful. If no flow matches, returns ENOENT. On other
219 * failure, returns a positive errno value.
221 * If 'actionsp' is nonnull, then on success '*actionsp' must be set to an
222 * ofpbuf owned by the caller that contains the Netlink attributes for the
223 * flow's actions. The caller must free the ofpbuf (with ofpbuf_delete())
224 * when it is no longer needed.
226 * If 'stats' is nonnull, then on success it must be updated with the
227 * flow's statistics. */
228 int (*flow_get)(const struct dpif *dpif,
229 const struct nlattr *key, size_t key_len,
230 struct ofpbuf **actionsp, struct dpif_flow_stats *stats);
232 /* Adds or modifies a flow in 'dpif'. The flow is specified by the Netlink
233 * attributes with types OVS_KEY_ATTR_* in the 'put->key_len' bytes
234 * starting at 'put->key'. The associated actions are specified by the
235 * Netlink attributes with types OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* in the
236 * 'put->actions_len' bytes starting at 'put->actions'.
238 * - If the flow's key does not exist in 'dpif', then the flow will be
239 * added if 'put->flags' includes DPIF_FP_CREATE. Otherwise the
240 * operation will fail with ENOENT.
242 * If the operation succeeds, then 'put->stats', if nonnull, must be
245 * - If the flow's key does exist in 'dpif', then the flow's actions will
246 * be updated if 'put->flags' includes DPIF_FP_MODIFY. Otherwise the
247 * operation will fail with EEXIST. If the flow's actions are updated,
248 * then its statistics will be zeroed if 'put->flags' includes
249 * DPIF_FP_ZERO_STATS, and left as-is otherwise.
251 * If the operation succeeds, then 'put->stats', if nonnull, must be set
252 * to the flow's statistics before the update.
254 int (*flow_put)(struct dpif *dpif, const struct dpif_flow_put *put);
256 /* Deletes a flow from 'dpif' and returns 0, or returns ENOENT if 'dpif'
257 * does not contain such a flow. The flow is specified by the Netlink
258 * attributes with types OVS_KEY_ATTR_* in the 'del->key_len' bytes
259 * starting at 'del->key'.
261 * If the operation succeeds, then 'del->stats', if nonnull, must be set to
262 * the flow's statistics before its deletion. */
263 int (*flow_del)(struct dpif *dpif, const struct dpif_flow_del *del);
265 /* Deletes all flows from 'dpif' and clears all of its queues of received
267 int (*flow_flush)(struct dpif *dpif);
269 /* Attempts to begin dumping the flows in a dpif. On success, returns 0
270 * and initializes '*statep' with any data needed for iteration. On
271 * failure, returns a positive errno value. */
272 int (*flow_dump_start)(const struct dpif *dpif, void **statep);
274 /* Attempts to retrieve another flow from 'dpif' for 'state', which was
275 * initialized by a successful call to the 'flow_dump_start' function for
276 * 'dpif'. On success, updates the output parameters as described below
277 * and returns 0. Returns EOF if the end of the flow table has been
278 * reached, or a positive errno value on error. This function will not be
279 * called again once it returns nonzero within a given iteration (but the
280 * 'flow_dump_done' function will be called afterward).
282 * On success, if 'key' and 'key_len' are nonnull then '*key' and
283 * '*key_len' must be set to Netlink attributes with types OVS_KEY_ATTR_*
284 * representing the dumped flow's key. If 'actions' and 'actions_len' are
285 * nonnull then they should be set to Netlink attributes with types
286 * OVS_ACTION_ATTR_* representing the dumped flow's actions. If 'stats'
287 * is nonnull then it should be set to the dumped flow's statistics.
289 * All of the returned data is owned by 'dpif', not by the caller, and the
290 * caller must not modify or free it. 'dpif' must guarantee that it
291 * remains accessible and unchanging until at least the next call to
292 * 'flow_dump_next' or 'flow_dump_done' for 'state'. */
293 int (*flow_dump_next)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *state,
294 const struct nlattr **key, size_t *key_len,
295 const struct nlattr **actions, size_t *actions_len,
296 const struct dpif_flow_stats **stats);
298 /* Releases resources from 'dpif' for 'state', which was initialized by a
299 * successful call to the 'flow_dump_start' function for 'dpif'. */
300 int (*flow_dump_done)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *state);
302 /* Performs the 'execute->actions_len' bytes of actions in
303 * 'execute->actions' on the Ethernet frame specified in 'execute->packet'
304 * taken from the flow specified in the 'execute->key_len' bytes of
305 * 'execute->key'. ('execute->key' is mostly redundant with
306 * 'execute->packet', but it contains some metadata that cannot be
307 * recovered from 'execute->packet', such as tunnel and in_port.) */
308 int (*execute)(struct dpif *dpif, const struct dpif_execute *execute);
310 /* Executes each of the 'n_ops' operations in 'ops' on 'dpif', in the order
311 * in which they are specified, placing each operation's results in the
312 * "output" members documented in comments.
314 * This function is optional. It is only worthwhile to implement it if
315 * 'dpif' can perform operations in batch faster than individually. */
316 void (*operate)(struct dpif *dpif, struct dpif_op **ops, size_t n_ops);
318 /* Enables or disables receiving packets with dpif_recv() for 'dpif'.
319 * Turning packet receive off and then back on is allowed to change Netlink
320 * PID assignments (see ->port_get_pid()). The client is responsible for
321 * updating flows as necessary if it does this. */
322 int (*recv_set)(struct dpif *dpif, bool enable);
324 /* Translates OpenFlow queue ID 'queue_id' (in host byte order) into a
325 * priority value used for setting packet priority. */
326 int (*queue_to_priority)(const struct dpif *dpif, uint32_t queue_id,
329 /* Polls for an upcall from 'dpif'. If successful, stores the upcall into
330 * '*upcall', using 'buf' for storage. Should only be called if 'recv_set'
331 * has been used to enable receiving packets from 'dpif'.
333 * The implementation should point 'upcall->packet' and 'upcall->key' into
334 * data in the caller-provided 'buf'. If necessary to make room, the
335 * implementation may expand the data in 'buf'. (This is hardly a great
336 * way to do things but it works out OK for the dpif providers that exist
339 * This function must not block. If no upcall is pending when it is
340 * called, it should return EAGAIN without blocking. */
341 int (*recv)(struct dpif *dpif, struct dpif_upcall *upcall,
344 /* Arranges for the poll loop to wake up when 'dpif' has a message queued
345 * to be received with the recv member function. */
346 void (*recv_wait)(struct dpif *dpif);
348 /* Throws away any queued upcalls that 'dpif' currently has ready to
350 void (*recv_purge)(struct dpif *dpif);
353 extern const struct dpif_class dpif_linux_class;
354 extern const struct dpif_class dpif_netdev_class;
360 #endif /* dpif-provider.h */