+/* Convert 'table_id' and 'flow_miss_handling' (as described for the
+ * "mod-table" command in the ovs-ofctl man page) into 'tm' for sending the
+ * specified table_mod 'command' to a switch.
+ *
+ * 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_table_mod(struct ofputil_table_mod *tm, const char *table_id,
+ const char *flow_miss_handling,
+ enum ofputil_protocol *usable_protocols)
+{
+ /* Table mod requires at least OF 1.1. */
+ *usable_protocols = OFPUTIL_P_OF11_UP;
+
+ if (!strcasecmp(table_id, "all")) {
+ tm->table_id = OFPTT_ALL;
+ } else {
+ char *error = str_to_u8(table_id, "table_id", &tm->table_id);
+ if (error) {
+ return error;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (strcmp(flow_miss_handling, "controller") == 0) {
+ tm->config = OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_CONTROLLER;
+ } else if (strcmp(flow_miss_handling, "continue") == 0) {
+ tm->config = OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_CONTINUE;
+ } else if (strcmp(flow_miss_handling, "drop") == 0) {
+ tm->config = OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_DROP;
+ } else {
+ return xasprintf("invalid flow_miss_handling %s", flow_miss_handling);
+ }
+
+ if (tm->table_id == 0xfe && tm->config == OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_CONTINUE) {
+ return xstrdup("last table's flow miss handling can not be continue");
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+