datapath: Build flow cmd netlink reply only if needed.
authorJarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com>
Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:52:32 +0000 (15:52 -0700)
committerJarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com>
Sat, 29 Mar 2014 22:52:32 +0000 (15:52 -0700)
commitafad3556357e08a3001b9edafcbc267c2e42b715
tree8c91fde4073544a3a43bd2def976f6347c24b517
parent0962036c0ec3db8ad374042994f37a5c7e4f79be
datapath: Build flow cmd netlink reply only if needed.

Use netlink_has_listeners() and NLM_F_ECHO flag to determine if a
reply is needed or not for OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW, OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET, or
OVS_FLOW_CMD_DEL.  Currently, OVS userspace does not request a reply
for OVS_FLOW_CMD_NEW, but usually does for OVS_FLOW_CMD_DEL, as stats
may have changed.

Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
datapath/datapath.c