netdev - Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH/RFC repost 7/8] ofproto: translate datapath select group action

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:57:25 -0700
From:	Ben Pfaff <blp@...ira.com>
To:	Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Cc:	dev@...nvswitch.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH/RFC repost 7/8] ofproto: translate datapath
 select group action

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:55:10AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> This patch is a prototype and has several limitations:
> 
> * It assumes that no actions follow a select group action
>   because the resulting packet after a select group action may
>   differ depending on the bucket used. It may be possible
>   to address this problem using recirculation. Or to not use
>   the datapath select group in such situations. In any case
>   this patch does not solve this problem or even prevent it
>   from occurring.

It seems like this limitation in particular is a pretty big one.  Do
you have a good plan in mind for how to resolve it?
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