When a packet sample is observed, the sampling rate that was used is important to estimate the real frequency of such event. Store the probability of the parent sample action in the skb's cb area and use it in psample action to pass it down to psample module.
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| @@ -649,7 +649,8 @@ enum ovs_flow_attr { · 648 unmodified lines | |||
| 649 | * Actions are passed as nested attributes. | 649 | * Actions are passed as nested attributes. |
| 650 | * | 650 | * |
| 651 | * Executes the specified actions with the given probability on a per-packet | 651 | * Executes the specified actions with the given probability on a per-packet |
| 652 | * basis. | 652 | * basis. Nested actions will be able to access the probability value of the |
| 653 | * parent @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE. | ||
| 653 | */ | 654 | */ |
| 654 | enum ovs_sample_attr { | 655 | enum ovs_sample_attr { |
| 655 | OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_UNSPEC, | 656 | OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_UNSPEC, |