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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
.. NOTE: This document was auto-generated.

.. _netlink-ovs_datapath:

=============================================
Family ``ovs_datapath`` netlink specification
=============================================

.. contents:: :depth: 3

-------
Summary
-------

OVS datapath configuration over generic netlink.

----------
Operations
----------

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.. _ovs_datapath-operation-get:

get
===
Get / dump OVS data path configuration and state

:value: 3
:attribute-set: :ref:`ovs_datapath-attribute-set-datapath`
:do:
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**request**
        :attributes: [``name``]

**reply**
        :attributes: [``name``, ``upcall-pid``, ``stats``, ``megaflow-stats``, ``user-features``, ``masks-cache-size``, ``per-cpu-pids``]

:dump:
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**request**
        :attributes: [``name``]

**reply**
        :attributes: [``name``, ``upcall-pid``, ``stats``, ``megaflow-stats``, ``user-features``, ``masks-cache-size``, ``per-cpu-pids``]

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.. _ovs_datapath-operation-new:

new
===
Create new OVS data path

:value: 1
:attribute-set: :ref:`ovs_datapath-attribute-set-datapath`
:do:
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**request**
        :attributes: [``name``, ``upcall-pid``, ``user-features``]

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.. _ovs_datapath-operation-del:

del
===
Delete existing OVS data path

:value: 2
:attribute-set: :ref:`ovs_datapath-attribute-set-datapath`
:do:
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**request**
        :attributes: [``name``]

----------------
Multicast groups
----------------

- ovs_datapath

-----------
Definitions
-----------

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.. _ovs_datapath-definition-ovs-header:

ovs-header
==========
:type: struct

:members:
    :dp-ifindex (``u32``):

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.. _ovs_datapath-definition-user-features:

user-features
=============
:type: flags
:name-prefix: ovs-dp-f-
:enum-name: None

:entries:
    :unaligned: Allow last Netlink attribute to be unaligned
    :vport-pids: Allow datapath to associate multiple Netlink PIDs to each vport
    :tc-recirc-sharing: Allow tc offload recirc sharing
    :dispatch-upcall-per-cpu: Allow per-cpu dispatch of upcalls

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.. _ovs_datapath-definition-ovs-dp-stats:

ovs-dp-stats
============
:type: struct

:members:
    :n-hit (``u64``): 
    :n-missed (``u64``): 
    :n-lost (``u64``): 
    :n-flows (``u64``):

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.. _ovs_datapath-definition-ovs-dp-megaflow-stats:

ovs-dp-megaflow-stats
=====================
:type: struct

:members:
    :n-mask-hit (``u64``): 
    :n-masks (``u32``): 
    :padding (``u32``): 
    :n-cache-hit (``u64``): 
    :pad1 (``u64``):

--------------
Attribute sets
--------------

.. _ovs_datapath-attribute-set-datapath:

datapath
========
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name (``string``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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upcall-pid (``u32``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:doc: upcall pid

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stats (``binary``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:struct: :ref:`ovs_datapath-definition-ovs-dp-stats`

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megaflow-stats (``binary``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:struct: :ref:`ovs_datapath-definition-ovs-dp-megaflow-stats`

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user-features (``u32``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:enum: :ref:`ovs_datapath-definition-user-features`
:enum-as-flags: True

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pad (``unused``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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masks-cache-size (``u32``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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per-cpu-pids (``binary``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:sub-type: u32

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ifindex (``u32``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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