ofproto: Avoid user->kernel->user round-trip for many controller actions.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / dpif-provider.h

diff --git a/lib/dpif-provider.h b/lib/dpif-provider.h
index 9a49544..1106db8 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/dpif-provider.h
+++ b/lib/dpif-provider.h
@@ -18,16 +18,24 @@
 #define DPIF_PROVIDER_H 1
 
 /* Provider interface to dpifs, which provide an interface to an Open vSwitch
- * datapath. */
+ * datapath.  A datapath is a collection of physical or virtual ports that are
+ * exposed over OpenFlow as a single switch.  Datapaths and the collections of
+ * ports that they contain may be fixed or dynamic. */
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include "openflow/openflow.h"
 #include "dpif.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+#ifdef  __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
 
 /* Open vSwitch datapath interface.
  *
  * This structure should be treated as opaque by dpif implementations. */
 struct dpif {
-    const struct dpif_class *class;
+    const struct dpif_class *dpif_class;
     char *base_name;
     char *full_name;
     uint8_t netflow_engine_type;
@@ -36,10 +44,12 @@ struct dpif {
 
 void dpif_init(struct dpif *, const struct dpif_class *, const char *name,
                uint8_t netflow_engine_type, uint8_t netflow_engine_id);
+void dpif_uninit(struct dpif *dpif, bool close);
+
 static inline void dpif_assert_class(const struct dpif *dpif,
-                                     const struct dpif_class *class)
+                                     const struct dpif_class *dpif_class)
 {
-    assert(dpif->class == class);
+    assert(dpif->dpif_class == dpif_class);
 }
 
 /* Datapath interface class structure, to be defined by each implementation of
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ struct dpif_class {
      *
      * If successful, 'dpif' will not be used again except as an argument for
      * the 'close' member function. */
-    int (*delete)(struct dpif *dpif);
+    int (*destroy)(struct dpif *dpif);
 
     /* Retrieves statistics for 'dpif' into 'stats'. */
     int (*get_stats)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_stats *stats);
@@ -273,10 +283,37 @@ struct dpif_class {
      * corresponding type when it calls the recv member function. */
     int (*recv_set_mask)(struct dpif *dpif, int listen_mask);
 
+    /* Retrieves 'dpif''s sFlow sampling probability into '*probability'.
+     * Return value is 0 or a positive errno value.  EOPNOTSUPP indicates that
+     * the datapath does not support sFlow, as does a null pointer.
+     *
+     * '*probability' is expressed as the number of packets out of UINT_MAX to
+     * sample, e.g. probability/UINT_MAX is the probability of sampling a given
+     * packet. */
+    int (*get_sflow_probability)(const struct dpif *dpif,
+                                 uint32_t *probability);
+
+    /* Sets 'dpif''s sFlow sampling probability to 'probability'.  Return value
+     * is 0 or a positive errno value.  EOPNOTSUPP indicates that the datapath
+     * does not support sFlow, as does a null pointer.
+     *
+     * 'probability' is expressed as the number of packets out of UINT_MAX to
+     * sample, e.g. probability/UINT_MAX is the probability of sampling a given
+     * packet. */
+    int (*set_sflow_probability)(struct dpif *dpif, uint32_t probability);
+
+    /* Translates OpenFlow queue ID 'queue_id' (in host byte order) into a
+     * priority value for use in the ODPAT_SET_PRIORITY action in
+     * '*priority'. */
+    int (*queue_to_priority)(const struct dpif *dpif, uint32_t queue_id,
+                             uint32_t *priority);
+
     /* Attempts to receive a message from 'dpif'.  If successful, stores the
      * message into '*packetp'.  The message, if one is received, must begin
-     * with 'struct odp_msg' as a header.  Only messages of the types selected
-     * with the set_listen_mask member function should be received.
+     * with 'struct odp_msg' as a header, and must have at least
+     * DPIF_RECV_MSG_PADDING bytes of headroom (allocated using
+     * e.g. ofpbuf_reserve()).  Only messages of the types selected with the
+     * set_listen_mask member function should be received.
      *
      * This function must not block.  If no message is ready to be received
      * when it is called, it should return EAGAIN without blocking. */
@@ -290,4 +327,8 @@ struct dpif_class {
 extern const struct dpif_class dpif_linux_class;
 extern const struct dpif_class dpif_netdev_class;
 
+#ifdef  __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* dpif-provider.h */