From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Pfaff Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC repost 7/8] ofproto: translate datapath select group action Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:57:25 -0700 Message-ID: <20140926235725.GB20493@nicira.com> References: <1411005311-11752-1-git-send-email-simon.horman@netronome.com> <1411005311-11752-8-git-send-email-simon.horman@netronome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dev-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Simon Horman Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1411005311-11752-8-git-send-email-simon.horman-wFxRvT7yatFl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces-yBygre7rU0TnMu66kgdUjQ@public.gmane.org Sender: "dev" List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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?