+/* Returns the number of Controller visible OpenFlow tables
+ * in 'ofproto'. This number will exclude Hidden tables.
+ * This funtion's return value should be less or equal to that of
+ * ofproto_get_n_tables() . */
+uint8_t
+ofproto_get_n_visible_tables(const struct ofproto *ofproto)
+{
+ uint8_t n = ofproto->n_tables;
+
+ /* Count only non-hidden tables in the number of tables. (Hidden tables,
+ * if present, are always at the end.) */
+ while(n && (ofproto->tables[n - 1].flags & OFTABLE_HIDDEN)) {
+ n--;
+ }
+
+ return n;
+}
+