int (*port_query_by_name)(const struct dpif *dpif, const char *devname,
struct dpif_port *port);
- /* Returns one greater than the largest port number accepted in flow
- * actions. */
- uint32_t (*get_max_ports)(const struct dpif *dpif);
-
/* Returns the Netlink PID value to supply in OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE
* actions as the OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_PID attribute's value, for use in
* flows whose packets arrived on port 'port_no'.
* packets. */
int (*flow_flush)(struct dpif *dpif);
+ /* Allocates thread-local state for use with the function 'flow_dump_next'.
+ * On return, initializes '*statep' with any private data needed for
+ * iteration. */
+ void (*flow_dump_state_init)(void **statep);
+
/* Attempts to begin dumping the flows in a dpif. On success, returns 0
- * and initializes '*statep' with any data needed for iteration. On
- * failure, returns a positive errno value. */
- int (*flow_dump_start)(const struct dpif *dpif, void **statep);
+ * and initializes '*iterp' with any shared data needed for iteration.
+ * On failure, returns a positive errno value. */
+ int (*flow_dump_start)(const struct dpif *dpif, void **iterp);
- /* Attempts to retrieve another flow from 'dpif' for 'state', which was
+ /* Attempts to retrieve another flow from 'dpif' for 'iter', which was
* initialized by a successful call to the 'flow_dump_start' function for
* 'dpif'. On success, updates the output parameters as described below
* and returns 0. Returns EOF if the end of the flow table has been
* All of the returned data is owned by 'dpif', not by the caller, and the
* caller must not modify or free it. 'dpif' must guarantee that it
* remains accessible and unchanging until at least the next call to
- * 'flow_dump_next' or 'flow_dump_done' for 'state'. */
- int (*flow_dump_next)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *state,
+ * 'flow_dump_next' or 'flow_dump_done' for 'iter'. */
+ int (*flow_dump_next)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *iter,
const struct nlattr **key, size_t *key_len,
const struct nlattr **mask, size_t *mask_len,
const struct nlattr **actions, size_t *actions_len,
const struct dpif_flow_stats **stats);
- /* Releases resources from 'dpif' for 'state', which was initialized by a
+ /* Releases resources from 'dpif' for 'iter', which was initialized by a
* successful call to the 'flow_dump_start' function for 'dpif'. */
- int (*flow_dump_done)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *state);
+ int (*flow_dump_done)(const struct dpif *dpif, void *iter);
+
+ /* Releases 'state' which was initialized by a call to the
+ * 'flow_dump_state_init' function for this 'dpif'. */
+ void (*flow_dump_state_uninit)(void *statep);
/* Performs the 'execute->actions_len' bytes of actions in
* 'execute->actions' on the Ethernet frame in 'execute->packet'