+ struct ofpbuf bands;
+ char *string;
+ char *error;
+
+ ofpbuf_init(&bands, 64);
+ string = xstrdup(str_);
+
+ error = parse_ofp_meter_mod_str__(mm, string, &bands, command);
+
+ free(string);
+ ofpbuf_uninit(&bands);
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+static char * WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+parse_flow_monitor_request__(struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *fmr,
+ const char *str_, char *string)
+{
+ static atomic_uint32_t id = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(0);
+ char *save_ptr = NULL;
+ char *name;
+
+ atomic_add(&id, 1, &fmr->id);
+
+ fmr->flags = (NXFMF_INITIAL | NXFMF_ADD | NXFMF_DELETE | NXFMF_MODIFY
+ | NXFMF_OWN | NXFMF_ACTIONS);
+ fmr->out_port = OFPP_NONE;
+ fmr->table_id = 0xff;
+ match_init_catchall(&fmr->match);
+
+ for (name = strtok_r(string, "=, \t\r\n", &save_ptr); name;
+ name = strtok_r(NULL, "=, \t\r\n", &save_ptr)) {
+ const struct protocol *p;
+
+ if (!strcmp(name, "!initial")) {
+ fmr->flags &= ~NXFMF_INITIAL;
+ } else if (!strcmp(name, "!add")) {
+ fmr->flags &= ~NXFMF_ADD;
+ } else if (!strcmp(name, "!delete")) {
+ fmr->flags &= ~NXFMF_DELETE;
+ } else if (!strcmp(name, "!modify")) {
+ fmr->flags &= ~NXFMF_MODIFY;
+ } else if (!strcmp(name, "!actions")) {
+ fmr->flags &= ~NXFMF_ACTIONS;
+ } else if (!strcmp(name, "!own")) {
+ fmr->flags &= ~NXFMF_OWN;
+ } else if (parse_protocol(name, &p)) {
+ match_set_dl_type(&fmr->match, htons(p->dl_type));
+ if (p->nw_proto) {
+ match_set_nw_proto(&fmr->match, p->nw_proto);
+ }
+ } else {
+ char *value;
+
+ value = strtok_r(NULL, ", \t\r\n", &save_ptr);
+ if (!value) {
+ return xasprintf("%s: field %s missing value", str_, name);
+ }
+
+ if (!strcmp(name, "table")) {
+ char *error = str_to_u8(value, "table", &fmr->table_id);
+ if (error) {
+ return error;
+ }
+ } else if (!strcmp(name, "out_port")) {
+ fmr->out_port = u16_to_ofp(atoi(value));
+ } else if (mf_from_name(name)) {
+ char *error;
+
+ error = parse_field(mf_from_name(name), value, &fmr->match);
+ if (error) {
+ return error;
+ }
+ } else {
+ return xasprintf("%s: unknown keyword %s", str_, name);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Convert 'str_' (as described in the documentation for the "monitor" command
+ * in the ovs-ofctl man page) into 'fmr'.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if successful, otherwise a malloc()'d string describing the
+ * error. The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string. */
+char * WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+parse_flow_monitor_request(struct ofputil_flow_monitor_request *fmr,
+ const char *str_)
+{
+ char *string = xstrdup(str_);
+ char *error = parse_flow_monitor_request__(fmr, str_, string);
+ free(string);
+ return error;
+}
+
+/* Parses 's' as a set of OpenFlow actions and appends the actions to
+ * 'actions'.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if successful, otherwise a malloc()'d string describing the
+ * error. The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string. */
+char * WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+parse_ofpacts(const char *s_, struct ofpbuf *ofpacts)
+{
+ char *s = xstrdup(s_);
+ char *error = str_to_ofpacts(s, ofpacts);
+ free(s);
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+/* Parses 'string' as an OFPT_FLOW_MOD or NXT_FLOW_MOD with command 'command'
+ * (one of OFPFC_*) into 'fm'.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if successful, otherwise a malloc()'d string describing the
+ * error. The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string. */
+char * WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+parse_ofp_flow_mod_str(struct ofputil_flow_mod *fm, const char *string,
+ uint16_t command)
+{
+ char *error = parse_ofp_str(fm, command, string);
+ if (!error) {
+ /* Normalize a copy of the match. This ensures that non-normalized
+ * flows get logged but doesn't affect what gets sent to the switch, so
+ * that the switch can do whatever it likes with the flow. */
+ struct match match_copy = fm->match;
+ ofputil_normalize_match(&match_copy);
+ }
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+/* Opens file 'file_name' and reads each line as a flow_mod of the specified
+ * type (one of OFPFC_*). Stores each flow_mod in '*fm', an array allocated
+ * on the caller's behalf, and the number of flow_mods in '*n_fms'.
+ *
+ * Returns NULL if successful, otherwise a malloc()'d string describing the
+ * error. The caller is responsible for freeing the returned string. */
+char * WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
+parse_ofp_flow_mod_file(const char *file_name, uint16_t command,
+ struct ofputil_flow_mod **fms, size_t *n_fms)
+{
+ size_t allocated_fms;
+ int line_number;
+ FILE *stream;