netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Print error when ovs_execute

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Message-ID: <91335f0c-95dc-bbb6-f815-8e90d6f18874@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Aug 2019 10:51:56 -0700
From:   Gregory Rose <gvrose8192@...il.com>
To:     Yifeng Sun <pkusunyifeng@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        pshelar@....org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Print error when
 ovs_execute_actions() fails

On 8/1/2019 2:14 PM, Yifeng Sun wrote:
> Currently in function ovs_dp_process_packet(), return values of
> ovs_execute_actions() are silently discarded. This patch prints out
> an error message when error happens so as to provide helpful hints
> for debugging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yifeng Sun <pkusunyifeng@...il.com>
> ---
>   net/openvswitch/datapath.c | 7 +++++--
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
> index 892287d..603c533 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
> @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key)
>   	struct dp_stats_percpu *stats;
>   	u64 *stats_counter;
>   	u32 n_mask_hit;
> +	int error;
>   
>   	stats = this_cpu_ptr(dp->stats_percpu);
>   
> @@ -229,7 +230,6 @@ void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key)
>   	flow = ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_stats(&dp->table, key, &n_mask_hit);
>   	if (unlikely(!flow)) {
>   		struct dp_upcall_info upcall;
> -		int error;
>   
>   		memset(&upcall, 0, sizeof(upcall));
>   		upcall.cmd = OVS_PACKET_CMD_MISS;
> @@ -246,7 +246,10 @@ void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key)
>   
>   	ovs_flow_stats_update(flow, key->tp.flags, skb);
>   	sf_acts = rcu_dereference(flow->sf_acts);
> -	ovs_execute_actions(dp, skb, sf_acts, key);
> +	error = ovs_execute_actions(dp, skb, sf_acts, key);
> +	if (unlikely(error))
> +		net_err_ratelimited("ovs: action execution error on datapath %s: %d\n",
> +							ovs_dp_name(dp), error);
>   
>   	stats_counter = &stats->n_hit;
>   

Thanks Yifeng.

Reviewed-by: Greg Rose <gvrose8192@...il.com>