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List:       openvswitch-discuss
Subject:    [ovs-discuss] Multiple flow tables
From:       blp () nicira ! com (Ben Pfaff)
Date:       2013-11-28 17:12:05
Message-ID: 20131128171205.GB16104 () nicira ! com
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 04:29:06PM +0400, Igor Ryzhov wrote:
> I have a question related to multiple flow tables implementation and
> "resubmit" action implementation.
> As I understood multiple tables implemented only in userspace:
> 
> I found *ofproto-dpif-xlate**.c* file with functions such as
> *xlate_ofpact_resubmit***and *xlate_table_action*.
> And after I spend some time on researching this code I found:
> You recursively process received upcall through different tables
> (according to resubmit actions) implemented in userspace, memorizing
> the sequence of actions. And then you push just one big action list
> into the datapath, where we have only one flow table.

That's correct.

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