Merge branch 'net-openvswitch-add-sample-multicasting'

Adrian Moreno says:

====================
net: openvswitch: Add sample multicasting.

** Background **
Currently, OVS supports several packet sampling mechanisms (sFlow,
per-bridge IPFIX, per-flow IPFIX). These end up being translated into a
userspace action that needs to be handled by ovs-vswitchd's handler
threads only to be forwarded to some third party application that
will somehow process the sample and provide observability on the
datapath.

A particularly interesting use-case is controller-driven
per-flow IPFIX sampling where the OpenFlow controller can add metadata
to samples (via two 32bit integers) and this metadata is then available
to the sample-collecting system for correlation.

** Problem **
The fact that sampled traffic share netlink sockets and handler thread
time with upcalls, apart from being a performance bottleneck in the
sample extraction itself, can severely compromise the datapath,
yielding this solution unfit for highly loaded production systems.

Users are left with little options other than guessing what sampling
rate will be OK for their traffic pattern and system load and dealing
with the lost accuracy.

Looking at available infrastructure, an obvious candidated would be
to use psample. However, it's current state does not help with the
use-case at stake because sampled packets do not contain user-defined
metadata.

** Proposal **
This series is an attempt to fix this situation by extending the
existing psample infrastructure to carry a variable length
user-defined cookie.

The main existing user of psample is tc's act_sample. It is also
extended to forward the action's cookie to psample.

Finally, a new OVS action (OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_PSAMPLE) is created.
It accepts a group and an optional cookie and uses psample to
multicast the packet and the metadata.
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240704085710.353845-1-amorenoz@redhat.comSigned-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Documentation/netlink/specs/ovs_flow.yaml

@@ -727,6 +727,12 @@ attribute-sets:
         name: dec-ttl
         type: nest
         nested-attributes: dec-ttl-attrs
+      -
+        name: psample
+        type: nest
+        nested-attributes: psample-attrs
+        doc: |
+          Sends a packet sample to psample for external observation.
   -
     name: tunnel-key-attrs
     enum-name: ovs-tunnel-key-attr
@@ -938,6 +944,17 @@ attribute-sets:
       -
         name: gbp
         type: u32
+  -
+    name: psample-attrs
+    enum-name: ovs-psample-attr
+    name-prefix: ovs-psample-attr-
+    attributes:
+      -
+        name: group
+        type: u32
+      -
+        name: cookie
+        type: binary
 
 operations:
   name-prefix: ovs-flow-cmd-

include/net/psample.h

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ struct psample_metadata {
 	u8 out_tc_valid:1,
 	   out_tc_occ_valid:1,
 	   latency_valid:1,
-	   unused:5;
+	   rate_as_probability:1,
+	   unused:4;
+	const u8 *user_cookie;
+	u32 user_cookie_len;
 };
 
 struct psample_group *psample_group_get(struct net *net, u32 group_num);

include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h

@@ -649,7 +649,8 @@ enum ovs_flow_attr {
  * Actions are passed as nested attributes.
  *
  * Executes the specified actions with the given probability on a per-packet
- * basis.
+ * basis. Nested actions will be able to access the probability value of the
+ * parent @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE.
  */
 enum ovs_sample_attr {
 	OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_UNSPEC,
@@ -914,6 +915,31 @@ struct check_pkt_len_arg {
 };
 #endif
 
+#define OVS_PSAMPLE_COOKIE_MAX_SIZE 16
+/**
+ * enum ovs_psample_attr - Attributes for %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE
+ * action.
+ *
+ * @OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP: 32-bit number to identify the source of the
+ * sample.
+ * @OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_COOKIE: An optional variable-length binary cookie that
+ * contains user-defined metadata. The maximum length is
+ * OVS_PSAMPLE_COOKIE_MAX_SIZE bytes.
+ *
+ * Sends the packet to the psample multicast group with the specified group and
+ * cookie. It is possible to combine this action with the
+ * %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC action to limit the size of the sample.
+ */
+enum ovs_psample_attr {
+	OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP = 1,	/* u32 number. */
+	OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_COOKIE,	/* Optional, user specified cookie. */
+
+	/* private: */
+	__OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_MAX
+};
+
+#define OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_MAX (__OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_MAX - 1)
+
 /**
  * enum ovs_action_attr - Action types.
  *
@@ -966,6 +992,8 @@ struct check_pkt_len_arg {
  * of l3 tunnel flag in the tun_flags field of OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS
  * argument.
  * @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP: Explicit drop action.
+ * @OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE: Send a sample of the packet to external observers
+ * via psample.
  *
  * Only a single header can be set with a single %OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET.  Not all
  * fields within a header are modifiable, e.g. the IPv4 protocol and fragment
@@ -1004,6 +1032,7 @@ enum ovs_action_attr {
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS,     /* struct ovs_action_add_mpls. */
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL,      /* Nested OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_*. */
 	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP,         /* u32 error code. */
+	OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE,      /* Nested OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_*. */
 
 	__OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX,	      /* Nothing past this will be accepted
 				       * from userspace. */

include/uapi/linux/psample.h

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ enum {
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_ORIGSIZE,
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_SAMPLE_GROUP,
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP_SEQ,
-	PSAMPLE_ATTR_SAMPLE_RATE,
+	PSAMPLE_ATTR_SAMPLE_RATE,	/* u32, ratio between observed and
+					 * sampled packets or scaled probability
+					 * if PSAMPLE_ATTR_SAMPLE_PROBABILITY
+					 * is set.
+					 */
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_DATA,
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP_REFCOUNT,
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_TUNNEL,
@@ -19,6 +23,11 @@ enum {
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_LATENCY,		/* u64, nanoseconds */
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_TIMESTAMP,		/* u64, nanoseconds */
 	PSAMPLE_ATTR_PROTO,		/* u16 */
+	PSAMPLE_ATTR_USER_COOKIE,	/* binary, user provided data */
+	PSAMPLE_ATTR_SAMPLE_PROBABILITY,/* no argument, interpret rate in
+					 * PSAMPLE_ATTR_SAMPLE_RATE as a
+					 * probability scaled 0 - U32_MAX.
+					 */
 
 	__PSAMPLE_ATTR_MAX
 };

net/openvswitch/Kconfig

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config OPENVSWITCH
 		   (NF_CONNTRACK && ((!NF_DEFRAG_IPV6 || NF_DEFRAG_IPV6) && \
 				     (!NF_NAT || NF_NAT) && \
 				     (!NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT || NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT)))
+	depends on PSAMPLE || !PSAMPLE
 	select LIBCRC32C
 	select MPLS
 	select NET_MPLS_GSO

net/openvswitch/actions.c

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 #include <net/checksum.h>
 #include <net/dsfield.h>
 #include <net/mpls.h>
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSAMPLE)
+#include <net/psample.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <net/sctp/checksum.h>
 
 #include "datapath.h"
@@ -1043,12 +1048,15 @@ static int sample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct nlattr *sample_arg;
 	int rem = nla_len(attr);
 	const struct sample_arg *arg;
+	u32 init_probability;
 	bool clone_flow_key;
+	int err;
 
 	/* The first action is always 'OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_ARG'. */
 	sample_arg = nla_data(attr);
 	arg = nla_data(sample_arg);
 	actions = nla_next(sample_arg, &rem);
+	init_probability = OVS_CB(skb)->probability;
 
 	if ((arg->probability != U32_MAX) &&
 	    (!arg->probability || get_random_u32() > arg->probability)) {
@@ -1057,9 +1065,16 @@ static int sample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	OVS_CB(skb)->probability = arg->probability;
+
 	clone_flow_key = !arg->exec;
-	return clone_execute(dp, skb, key, 0, actions, rem, last,
+	err = clone_execute(dp, skb, key, 0, actions, rem, last,
 			    clone_flow_key);
+
+	if (!last)
+		OVS_CB(skb)->probability = init_probability;
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /* When 'last' is true, clone() should always consume the 'skb'.
@@ -1299,6 +1314,44 @@ static int execute_dec_ttl(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSAMPLE)
+static void execute_psample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			    const struct nlattr *attr)
+{
+	struct psample_group psample_group = {};
+	struct psample_metadata md = {};
+	const struct nlattr *a;
+	u32 rate;
+	int rem;
+
+	nla_for_each_attr(a, nla_data(attr), nla_len(attr), rem) {
+		switch (nla_type(a)) {
+		case OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP:
+			psample_group.group_num = nla_get_u32(a);
+			break;
+
+		case OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_COOKIE:
+			md.user_cookie = nla_data(a);
+			md.user_cookie_len = nla_len(a);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	psample_group.net = ovs_dp_get_net(dp);
+	md.in_ifindex = OVS_CB(skb)->input_vport->dev->ifindex;
+	md.trunc_size = skb->len - OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen;
+	md.rate_as_probability = 1;
+
+	rate = OVS_CB(skb)->probability ? OVS_CB(skb)->probability : U32_MAX;
+
+	psample_sample_packet(&psample_group, skb, rate, &md);
+}
+#else
+static void execute_psample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			    const struct nlattr *attr)
+{}
+#endif
+
 /* Execute a list of actions against 'skb'. */
 static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			      struct sw_flow_key *key,
@@ -1502,6 +1555,15 @@ static int do_execute_actions(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			ovs_kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
 			return 0;
 		}
+
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE:
+			execute_psample(dp, skb, a);
+			OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen = 0;
+			if (nla_is_last(a, rem)) {
+				consume_skb(skb);
+				return 0;
+			}
+			break;
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(err)) {

net/openvswitch/datapath.h

@@ -115,12 +115,15 @@ struct datapath {
  * fragmented.
  * @acts_origlen: The netlink size of the flow actions applied to this skb.
  * @cutlen: The number of bytes from the packet end to be removed.
+ * @probability: The sampling probability that was applied to this skb; 0 means
+ * no sampling has occurred; U32_MAX means 100% probability.
  */
 struct ovs_skb_cb {
 	struct vport		*input_vport;
 	u16			mru;
 	u16			acts_origlen;
 	u32			cutlen;
+	u32			probability;
 };
 #define OVS_CB(skb) ((struct ovs_skb_cb *)(skb)->cb)
 

net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static bool actions_may_change_flow(const struct nlattr *actions)
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC:
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE:
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP:
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE:
 			break;
 
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT:
@@ -2409,7 +2410,7 @@ static void ovs_nla_free_nested_actions(const struct nlattr *actions, int len)
 	/* Whenever new actions are added, the need to update this
 	 * function should be considered.
 	 */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX != 24);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX != 25);
 
 	if (!actions)
 		return;
@@ -3157,6 +3158,28 @@ static int validate_and_copy_check_pkt_len(struct net *net,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int validate_psample(const struct nlattr *attr)
+{
+	static const struct nla_policy policy[OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
+		[OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+		[OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_COOKIE] = {
+			.type = NLA_BINARY,
+			.len = OVS_PSAMPLE_COOKIE_MAX_SIZE,
+		},
+	};
+	struct nlattr *a[OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_MAX + 1];
+	int err;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSAMPLE))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	err = nla_parse_nested(a, OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_MAX, attr, policy, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return a[OVS_PSAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP] ? 0 : -EINVAL;
+}
+
 static int copy_action(const struct nlattr *from,
 		       struct sw_flow_actions **sfa, bool log)
 {
@@ -3212,6 +3235,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS] = sizeof(struct ovs_action_add_mpls),
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL] = (u32)-1,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP] = sizeof(u32),
+			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE] = (u32)-1,
 		};
 		const struct ovs_action_push_vlan *vlan;
 		int type = nla_type(a);
@@ -3490,6 +3514,12 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			break;
 
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PSAMPLE:
+			err = validate_psample(a);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			OVS_NLERR(log, "Unknown Action type %d", type);
 			return -EINVAL;

net/openvswitch/vport.c

@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ int ovs_vport_receive(struct vport *vport, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	OVS_CB(skb)->input_vport = vport;
 	OVS_CB(skb)->mru = 0;
 	OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen = 0;
+	OVS_CB(skb)->probability = 0;
 	if (unlikely(dev_net(skb->dev) != ovs_dp_get_net(vport->dp))) {
 		u32 mark;
 

net/psample/psample.c

@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ void psample_sample_packet(struct psample_group *group, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	void *data;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!genl_has_listeners(&psample_nl_family, group->net,
+				PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE))
+		return;
+
 	meta_len = (in_ifindex ? nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) : 0) +
 		   (out_ifindex ? nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) : 0) +
 		   (md->out_tc_valid ? nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) : 0) +
@@ -386,7 +390,9 @@ void psample_sample_packet(struct psample_group *group, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		   nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +	/* group_num */
 		   nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +	/* seq */
 		   nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64)) +	/* timestamp */
-		   nla_total_size(sizeof(u16));		/* protocol */
+		   nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) +	/* protocol */
+		   (md->user_cookie_len ?
+		    nla_total_size(md->user_cookie_len) : 0); /* user cookie */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 	tun_info = skb_tunnel_info(skb);
@@ -486,6 +492,14 @@ void psample_sample_packet(struct psample_group *group, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 #endif
 
+	if (md->user_cookie && md->user_cookie_len &&
+	    nla_put(nl_skb, PSAMPLE_ATTR_USER_COOKIE, md->user_cookie_len,
+		    md->user_cookie))
+		goto error;
+
+	if (md->rate_as_probability)
+		nla_put_flag(skb, PSAMPLE_ATTR_SAMPLE_PROBABILITY);
+
 	genlmsg_end(nl_skb, data);
 	genlmsg_multicast_netns(&psample_nl_family, group->net, nl_skb, 0,
 				PSAMPLE_NL_MCGRP_SAMPLE, GFP_ATOMIC);

net/sched/act_sample.c

@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_sample_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct tcf_sample *s = to_sample(a);
 	struct psample_group *psample_group;
+	u8 cookie_data[TC_COOKIE_MAX_SIZE];
 	struct psample_metadata md = {};
+	struct tc_cookie *user_cookie;
 	int retval;
 
 	tcf_lastuse_update(&s->tcf_tm);
@@ -189,6 +191,16 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_sample_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (skb_at_tc_ingress(skb) && tcf_sample_dev_ok_push(skb->dev))
 			skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
 
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		user_cookie = rcu_dereference(a->user_cookie);
+		if (user_cookie) {
+			memcpy(cookie_data, user_cookie->data,
+			       user_cookie->len);
+			md.user_cookie = cookie_data;
+			md.user_cookie_len = user_cookie->len;
+		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
 		md.trunc_size = s->truncate ? s->trunc_size : skb->len;
 		psample_sample_packet(psample_group, skb, s->rate, &md);
 

tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/openvswitch.sh

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ tests="
 	nat_related_v4				ip4-nat-related: ICMP related matches work with SNAT
 	netlink_checks				ovsnl: validate netlink attrs and settings
 	upcall_interfaces			ovs: test the upcall interfaces
-	drop_reason				drop: test drop reasons are emitted"
+	drop_reason				drop: test drop reasons are emitted
+	psample					psample: Sampling packets with psample"
 
 info() {
 	[ "${ovs_dir}" != "" ] &&
@@ -105,12 +106,21 @@ ovs_netns_spawn_daemon() {
 	shift
 	netns=$1
 	shift
-	info "spawning cmd: $*"
+	if [ "$netns" == "_default" ]; then
+		$*  >> $ovs_dir/stdout  2>> $ovs_dir/stderr &
+	else
 		ip netns exec $netns $*  >> $ovs_dir/stdout  2>> $ovs_dir/stderr &
+	fi
 	pid=$!
 	ovs_sbx "$sbx" on_exit "kill -TERM $pid 2>/dev/null"
 }
 
+ovs_spawn_daemon() {
+	sbx=$1
+	shift
+	ovs_netns_spawn_daemon $sbx "_default" $*
+}
+
 ovs_add_netns_and_veths () {
 	info "Adding netns attached: sbx:$1 dp:$2 {$3, $4, $5}"
 	ovs_sbx "$1" ip netns add "$3" || return 1
@@ -173,6 +183,19 @@ ovs_drop_reason_count()
 	return `echo "$perf_output" | grep "$pattern" | wc -l`
 }
 
+ovs_test_flow_fails () {
+	ERR_MSG="Flow actions may not be safe on all matching packets"
+
+	PRE_TEST=$(dmesg | grep -c "${ERR_MSG}")
+	ovs_add_flow $@ &> /dev/null $@ && return 1
+	POST_TEST=$(dmesg | grep -c "${ERR_MSG}")
+
+	if [ "$PRE_TEST" == "$POST_TEST" ]; then
+		return 1
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
 usage() {
 	echo
 	echo "$0 [OPTIONS] [TEST]..."
@@ -187,6 +210,92 @@ usage() {
 	exit 1
 }
 
+
+# psample test
+# - use psample to observe packets
+test_psample() {
+	sbx_add "test_psample" || return $?
+
+	# Add a datapath with per-vport dispatching.
+	ovs_add_dp "test_psample" psample -V 2:1 || return 1
+
+	info "create namespaces"
+	ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_psample" "psample" \
+		client c0 c1 172.31.110.10/24 -u || return 1
+	ovs_add_netns_and_veths "test_psample" "psample" \
+		server s0 s1 172.31.110.20/24 -u || return 1
+
+	# Check if psample actions can be configured.
+	ovs_add_flow "test_psample" psample \
+	'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' 'psample(group=1)' &> /dev/null
+	if [ $? == 1 ]; then
+		info "no support for psample - skipping"
+		ovs_exit_sig
+		return $ksft_skip
+	fi
+
+	ovs_del_flows "test_psample" psample
+
+	# Test action verification.
+	OLDIFS=$IFS
+	IFS='*'
+	min_key='in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()'
+	for testcase in \
+		"cookie to large"*"psample(group=1,cookie=1615141312111009080706050403020100)" \
+		"no group with cookie"*"psample(cookie=abcd)" \
+		"no group"*"psample()";
+	do
+		set -- $testcase;
+		ovs_test_flow_fails "test_psample" psample $min_key $2
+		if [ $? == 1 ]; then
+			info "failed - $1"
+			return 1
+		fi
+	done
+	IFS=$OLDIFS
+
+	ovs_del_flows "test_psample" psample
+	# Allow ARP
+	ovs_add_flow "test_psample" psample \
+		'in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '2' || return 1
+	ovs_add_flow "test_psample" psample \
+		'in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0806),arp()' '1' || return 1
+
+	# Sample first 14 bytes of all traffic.
+	ovs_add_flow "test_psample" psample \
+	    "in_port(1),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" \
+            "trunc(14),psample(group=1,cookie=c0ffee),2"
+
+	# Sample all traffic. In this case, use a sample() action with both
+	# psample and an upcall emulating simultaneous local sampling and
+	# sFlow / IPFIX.
+	nlpid=$(grep -E "listening on upcall packet handler" \
+            $ovs_dir/s0.out | cut -d ":" -f 2 | tr -d ' ')
+
+	ovs_add_flow "test_psample" psample \
+            "in_port(2),eth(),eth_type(0x0800),ipv4()" \
+            "sample(sample=100%,actions(psample(group=2,cookie=eeff0c),userspace(pid=${nlpid},userdata=eeff0c))),1"
+
+	# Record psample data.
+	ovs_spawn_daemon "test_psample" python3 $ovs_base/ovs-dpctl.py psample-events
+
+	# Send a single ping.
+	sleep 1
+	ovs_sbx "test_psample" ip netns exec client ping -I c1 172.31.110.20 -c 1 || return 1
+	sleep 1
+
+	# We should have received one userspace action upcall and 2 psample packets.
+	grep -E "userspace action command" $ovs_dir/s0.out >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
+
+	# client -> server samples should only contain the first 14 bytes of the packet.
+	grep -E "rate:4294967295,group:1,cookie:c0ffee data:[0-9a-f]{28}$" \
+			 $ovs_dir/stdout >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
+	grep -E "rate:4294967295,group:2,cookie:eeff0c" \
+			 $ovs_dir/stdout >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
+
+	return 0
+}
+
 # drop_reason test
 # - drop packets and verify the right drop reason is reported
 test_drop_reason() {