netdev - Re: [PATCHv10 ovs 03/15] datapath: Add 'is_mask' to ovs_nla_put

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Message-ID: <CANr6G5x4ObV4r3G1wLd+51nr=oYtwt=ConknjO29VkNT-vvrmA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:15:24 -0800
From:	Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
To:	"dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Cc:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv10 ovs 03/15] datapath: Add 'is_mask' to ovs_nla_put_flow().

On 13 November 2014 11:17, Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com> wrote:
> This function previously hid the 'is_mask' parameter from the callers,
> which actually have better knowledge about whether it is serializing a
> mask or not. Expose this parameter to the callers. This allows the same
> function to be called to serialize masked keys as well as masked keys.
>
> To serialize an unmasked key:
> ovs_nla_put_flow(key, key, skb, false);
>
> To serialize a masked key:
> ovs_nla_put_flow(mask, key, skb, false);
>
> To serialize a mask:
> ovs_nla_put_flow(key, mask, skb, true);

I'll add helpers for each of these functions:
ovs_nla_put_{un,}masked_key(), ovs_nla_put_mask() in the next version.
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