OVS源码ofpbuf与nlattr数据结构分析

在ovs-dpdk源码中，若在datapath classifier中未找到相应的flow匹配，则将初始化一个ofpbuf类型的action，然后通过handle_packet_upcall函数进入upcall流程，在ofproto classifier中通过调用xlate_action根据OpenFlow协议为action赋值，最后将该action向下“注入”到datapath classifier以及exact match cache中调用dp_netdev_execute_actions对流进行处理，以及报文转发。

struct ofpbuf {
    void *base;                 /* First byte of allocated space. */
    void *data;                 /* First byte actually in use. */
    uint32_t size;              /* Number of bytes in use. */
    uint32_t allocated;         /* Number of bytes allocated. */

    void *header;               /* OpenFlow header. */
    void *msg;                  /* message's body */
    struct ovs_list list_node;  /* Private list element for use by owner. */
    enum ofpbuf_source source;  /* Source of memory allocated as 'base'. */
};

ofpbuf数据结构如下图：

struct nlattr {
    uint16_t nla_len;
    uint16_t nla_type;
}; 

nlattr数据结构如下图：

在netlink.c中调用nl_msg_put_*->nl_msg_put_unspec将Netlink属性追加（append）到ofpbuf中

/* Appends a Netlink attribute of the given 'type' and the 'size' bytes of
 * 'data' as its payload, to the tail end of 'msg', reallocating and copying
 * its data if necessary.  Returns a pointer to the first byte of data in the
 * attribute, which is left uninitialized. */
void
nl_msg_put_unspec(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type,
                  const void *data, size_t size)
{
    memcpy(nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(msg, type, size), data, size);
}

void *
nl_msg_put_unspec_uninit(struct ofpbuf *msg, uint16_t type, size_t size)
{
    size_t total_size = NLA_HDRLEN + size;
    struct nlattr* nla = nl_msg_put_uninit(msg, total_size);
    ovs_assert(!nl_attr_oversized(size));
    nla->nla_len = total_size;
    nla->nla_type = type;
    return nla + 1;
}

void *
nl_msg_put_uninit(struct ofpbuf *msg, size_t size)
{
    size_t pad = PAD_SIZE(size, NLMSG_ALIGNTO);
    char *p = ofpbuf_put_uninit(msg, size + pad);
    if (pad) {
        memset(p + size, 0, pad);
    }
    return p;
}

追加过程ofpbuf内容变动如下图：

在netlink.c中调用nl_msg_push_*->nl_msg_push_unspec将Netlink属性预置（prepend）到ofpbuf中，该过程整体流程与追加相同，区别在于nlattr将置与ofpbuf的headroom中。