+ call_rcu(&flow->rcu, rcu_free_flow_callback);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(flow_deferred_free);
+
+/* RCU callback used by flow_deferred_free_acts. */
+static void rcu_free_acts_callback(struct rcu_head *rcu)
+{
+ struct sw_flow_actions *sf_acts = container_of(rcu,
+ struct sw_flow_actions, rcu);
+ kfree(sf_acts);
+}
+
+/* Schedules 'sf_acts' to be freed after the next RCU grace period.
+ * The caller must hold rcu_read_lock for this to be sensible. */
+void flow_deferred_free_acts(struct sw_flow_actions *sf_acts)
+{
+ call_rcu(&sf_acts->rcu, rcu_free_acts_callback);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(flow_deferred_free_acts);
+
+/* Copies 'actions' into a newly allocated structure for use by 'flow'
+ * and safely frees the structure that defined the previous actions. */
+void flow_replace_acts(struct sw_flow *flow,
+ const struct ofp_action_header *actions, size_t actions_len)
+{
+ struct sw_flow_actions *sfa;
+ struct sw_flow_actions *orig_sfa = flow->sf_acts;
+ size_t size = sizeof *sfa + actions_len;
+
+ sfa = kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (unlikely(!sfa))
+ return;
+
+ sfa->actions_len = actions_len;
+ memcpy(sfa->actions, actions, actions_len);
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(flow->sf_acts, sfa);
+ flow_deferred_free_acts(orig_sfa);
+
+ return;