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    openvswitch: Add recirc and hash action. · 971427f3
    Andy Zhou authored
    Recirc action allows a packet to reenter openvswitch processing.
    currently openvswitch lookup flow for packet received and execute
    set of actions on that packet, with help of recirc action we can
    process/modify the packet and recirculate it back in openvswitch
    for another pass.
    
    OVS hash action calculates 5-tupple hash and set hash in flow-key
    hash. This can be used along with recirculation for distributing
    packets among different ports for bond devices.
    For example:
    OVS bonding can use following actions:
    Match on: bond flow; Action: hash, recirc(id)
    Match on: recirc-id == id and hash lower bits == a;
              Action: output port_bond_a
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndy Zhou <azhou@nicira.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarJesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
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