+/* If a master election id is defined, stores it into '*idp' and returns
+ * true. Otherwise, stores UINT64_MAX into '*idp' and returns false. */
+bool
+ofconn_get_master_election_id(const struct ofconn *ofconn, uint64_t *idp)
+{
+ *idp = (ofconn->connmgr->master_election_id_defined
+ ? ofconn->connmgr->master_election_id
+ : UINT64_MAX);
+ return ofconn->connmgr->master_election_id_defined;
+}
+