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


.. _netlink-ovs_datapath:


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


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Summary
-------


OVS datapath configuration over generic netlink.

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Operations
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.. _ovs_datapath-operation-get:

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

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: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

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:attribute-set: :ref:`ovs_datapath-attribute-set-datapath`
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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

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




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


- ovs_datapath

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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``): 



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Attribute sets
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.. _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``)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~