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[ovs-dev,v2] netdev-linux: Allow meter to work in tc software datapath when tc-policy is specified

Message ID 20221021091031.52856-1-simon.horman@corigine.com
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Simon Horman Oct. 21, 2022, 9:10 a.m. UTC
From: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>

Add tc action flags when adding police action to offload meter table.

There is a restriction that the flag of skip_sw/skip_hw should be same for
filter rule and the independent created tc actions the rule uses. In this
case, if we configure the tc-policy as skip_hw, filter rule will be created
with skip_hw flag and the police action according to meter table will have
no action flag, then flower rule will fail to add to tc kernel system.

To fix this issue, we will add tc action flag when adding police action to
offload a meter table, so it will allow meter table to work in tc software
datapath.

Fixes: 5c039ddc64ff ("netdev-linux: Add functions to manipulate tc police action")
Signed-off-by: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
---
 acinclude.m4            |  6 +++---
 include/linux/pkt_cls.h | 11 +++++++----
 lib/netdev-linux.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++------
 lib/tc.c                | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/tc.h                |  2 ++
 5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

 v2:
 * Address review of v1
   - Update patch description: problem depends on setting tc-policy
   - Correct typo in comment: "independently"
   - Reformat nl_msg_put_tc_action_flag() declaration
   - Rename helper as nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag() and correct
     line wrapping of declaration.

Comments

0-day Robot Oct. 21, 2022, 9:20 a.m. UTC | #1
References:  <20221021091031.52856-1-simon.horman@corigine.com>
 

Bleep bloop.  Greetings Simon Horman, I am a robot and I have tried out your patch.
Thanks for your contribution.

I encountered some error that I wasn't expecting.  See the details below.


checkpatch:
WARNING: Unexpected sign-offs from developers who are not authors or co-authors or committers: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
Lines checked: 188, Warnings: 1, Errors: 0


Please check this out.  If you feel there has been an error, please email aconole@redhat.com

Thanks,
0-day Robot
Baowen Zheng Oct. 28, 2022, 11:04 a.m. UTC | #2
On October 21, 2022 5:11 PM, Simon wrote:
>From: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
>
>Add tc action flags when adding police action to offload meter table.
>
>There is a restriction that the flag of skip_sw/skip_hw should be same for filter
>rule and the independent created tc actions the rule uses. In this case, if we
>configure the tc-policy as skip_hw, filter rule will be created with skip_hw flag
>and the police action according to meter table will have no action flag, then
>flower rule will fail to add to tc kernel system.
>
>To fix this issue, we will add tc action flag when adding police action to offload
>a meter table, so it will allow meter table to work in tc software datapath.
>

Hi all,

gentle ping for review, thanks.

>Fixes: 5c039ddc64ff ("netdev-linux: Add functions to manipulate tc police
>action")
>Signed-off-by: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
>Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
>---
> acinclude.m4            |  6 +++---
> include/linux/pkt_cls.h | 11 +++++++----
> lib/netdev-linux.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++------
> lib/tc.c                | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> lib/tc.h                |  2 ++
> 5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> v2:
> * Address review of v1
>   - Update patch description: problem depends on setting tc-policy
>   - Correct typo in comment: "independently"
>   - Reformat nl_msg_put_tc_action_flag() declaration
>   - Rename helper as nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag() and correct
>     line wrapping of declaration.
>
>diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4 index ad07989ac29c..aa9af55062f0
>100644
>--- a/acinclude.m4
>+++ b/acinclude.m4
>@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ dnl Configure Linux tc compat.
> AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_LINUX_TC], [
>   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
>     AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <linux/pkt_cls.h>], [
>-        int x = TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64;
>+        int x = TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW;
>     ])],
>-    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64], [1],
>-               [Define to 1 if TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64 is available.])])
>+    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW], [1],
>+               [Define to 1 if TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW is available.])])
>
>   AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct tcf_t.firstuse], [], [], [#include
><linux/pkt_cls.h>])
>
>diff --git a/include/linux/pkt_cls.h b/include/linux/pkt_cls.h index
>ba82e690eba9..a8cd8db5bf88 100644
>--- a/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
>+++ b/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
>@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
> #ifndef __LINUX_PKT_CLS_WRAPPER_H
> #define __LINUX_PKT_CLS_WRAPPER_H 1
>
>-#if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(HAVE_TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64)
>+#if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(HAVE_TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW)
> #include_next <linux/pkt_cls.h>
> #else
>
>@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ enum {
> 	__TCA_ACT_MAX
> };
>
>-#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_NO_PERCPU_STATS 1 /* Don't use percpu allocator
>for
>-                                         * actions stats.
>-                                         */
>+/* See other TCA_ACT_FLAGS_ * flags in include/net/act_api.h. */
>+#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_NO_PERCPU_STATS (1 << 0) /* Don't use percpu
>allocator for
>+						* actions stats.
>+						*/
>+#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW	(1 << 1) /* don't offload action to HW
>*/
>+#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_SW	(1 << 2) /* don't use action in SW */
>
> #define TCA_ACT_MAX __TCA_ACT_MAX
> #define TCA_OLD_COMPAT (TCA_ACT_MAX+1)
>diff --git a/lib/netdev-linux.c b/lib/netdev-linux.c index
>cdc66246ced3..7ea4070c23ab 100644
>--- a/lib/netdev-linux.c
>+++ b/lib/netdev-linux.c
>@@ -2623,10 +2623,17 @@ tc_matchall_fill_police(uint32_t kbits_rate,
>uint32_t kbits_burst)
>
> static void
> nl_msg_act_police_start_nest(struct ofpbuf *request, uint32_t prio,
>-                             size_t *offset, size_t *act_offset)
>+                             size_t *offset, size_t *act_offset,
>+                             bool single_action)
> {
>     *act_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(request, prio);
>     nl_msg_put_string(request, TCA_ACT_KIND, "police");
>+
>+    /* If police action is added independently from filter, we need to
>+     * add action flag according to tc-policy. */
>+    if (single_action) {
>+        nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag(request);
>+    }
>     *offset = nl_msg_start_nested(request, TCA_ACT_OPTIONS);  }
>
>@@ -2642,7 +2649,7 @@ nl_msg_act_police_end_nest(struct ofpbuf
>*request, size_t offset,  static void  nl_msg_put_act_police(struct ofpbuf
>*request, struct tc_police *police,
>                       uint64_t pkts_rate, uint64_t pkts_burst,
>-                      uint32_t notexceed_act)
>+                      uint32_t notexceed_act, bool single_action)
> {
>     size_t offset, act_offset;
>     uint32_t prio = 0;
>@@ -2651,7 +2658,8 @@ nl_msg_put_act_police(struct ofpbuf *request,
>struct tc_police *police,
>         return;
>     }
>
>-    nl_msg_act_police_start_nest(request, ++prio, &offset, &act_offset);
>+    nl_msg_act_police_start_nest(request, ++prio, &offset, &act_offset,
>+                                 single_action);
>     if (police->rate.rate) {
>         tc_put_rtab(request, TCA_POLICE_RATE, &police->rate);
>     }
>@@ -2698,7 +2706,7 @@ tc_add_matchall_policer(struct netdev *netdev,
>uint32_t kbits_rate,
>     basic_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_OPTIONS);
>     action_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_MATCHALL_ACT);
>     nl_msg_put_act_police(&request, &pol_act, kpkts_rate * 1000,
>-                          kpkts_burst * 1000, TC_ACT_UNSPEC);
>+                          kpkts_burst * 1000, TC_ACT_UNSPEC, false);
>     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, action_offset);
>     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, basic_offset);
>
>@@ -5667,7 +5675,7 @@ tc_add_policer(struct netdev *netdev, uint32_t
>kbits_rate,
>     police_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_BASIC_ACT);
>     tc_policer_init(&tc_police, kbits_rate, kbits_burst);
>     nl_msg_put_act_police(&request, &tc_police, kpkts_rate * 1000ULL,
>-                          kpkts_burst * 1000ULL, TC_ACT_UNSPEC);
>+                          kpkts_burst * 1000ULL, TC_ACT_UNSPEC, false);
>     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, police_offset);
>     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, basic_offset);
>
>@@ -5702,7 +5710,7 @@ tc_add_policer_action(uint32_t index, uint32_t
>kbits_rate,
>
>     offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_ACT_TAB);
>     nl_msg_put_act_police(&request, &tc_police, pkts_rate, pkts_burst,
>-                          TC_ACT_PIPE);
>+                          TC_ACT_PIPE, true);
>     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, offset);
>
>     error = tc_transact(&request, NULL); diff --git a/lib/tc.c b/lib/tc.c index
>94044cde6060..66dc4208888c 100644
>--- a/lib/tc.c
>+++ b/lib/tc.c
>@@ -3808,3 +3808,24 @@ tc_set_policy(const char *policy)
>
>     VLOG_INFO("tc: Using policy '%s'", policy);  }
>+
>+void
>+nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag(struct ofpbuf *request) {
>+    int flag = 0;
>+
>+    if (!request) {
>+        return;
>+    }
>+
>+    if (tc_policy == TC_POLICY_SKIP_HW) {
>+        flag = TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW;
>+    } else if (tc_policy == TC_POLICY_SKIP_SW) {
>+        flag = TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_SW;
>+    }
>+
>+    if (flag) {
>+        struct nla_bitfield32 flags = { flag, flag };
>+        nl_msg_put_unspec(request, TCA_ACT_FLAGS, &flags, sizeof flags);
>+    }
>+}
>diff --git a/lib/tc.h b/lib/tc.h
>index 2e64ad372592..161f438124b0 100644
>--- a/lib/tc.h
>+++ b/lib/tc.h
>@@ -399,4 +399,6 @@ int tc_parse_action_stats(struct nlattr *action,  int
>tc_dump_tc_action_start(char *name, struct nl_dump *dump);  int
>parse_netlink_to_tc_policer(struct ofpbuf *reply, uint32_t police_idx[]);
>
>+void nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag(struct ofpbuf *request);
>+
> #endif /* tc.h */
>--
>2.30.2
Ilya Maximets Oct. 31, 2022, 1:07 p.m. UTC | #3
On 10/21/22 11:10, Simon Horman wrote:
> From: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
> 
> Add tc action flags when adding police action to offload meter table.
> 
> There is a restriction that the flag of skip_sw/skip_hw should be same for
> filter rule and the independent created tc actions the rule uses. In this
> case, if we configure the tc-policy as skip_hw, filter rule will be created
> with skip_hw flag and the police action according to meter table will have
> no action flag, then flower rule will fail to add to tc kernel system.
> 
> To fix this issue, we will add tc action flag when adding police action to
> offload a meter table, so it will allow meter table to work in tc software
> datapath.
> 
> Fixes: 5c039ddc64ff ("netdev-linux: Add functions to manipulate tc police action")
> Signed-off-by: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
> ---
>  acinclude.m4            |  6 +++---
>  include/linux/pkt_cls.h | 11 +++++++----
>  lib/netdev-linux.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++------
>  lib/tc.c                | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/tc.h                |  2 ++
>  5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
>  v2:
>  * Address review of v1
>    - Update patch description: problem depends on setting tc-policy
>    - Correct typo in comment: "independently"
>    - Reformat nl_msg_put_tc_action_flag() declaration
>    - Rename helper as nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag() and correct
>      line wrapping of declaration.

Hi.  Thanks for v2!

The code looks correct to me, but I didn't test it.
With that in mind:

Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Simon Horman Nov. 1, 2022, 9:05 a.m. UTC | #4
On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 02:07:46PM +0100, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> On 10/21/22 11:10, Simon Horman wrote:
> > From: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
> > 
> > Add tc action flags when adding police action to offload meter table.
> > 
> > There is a restriction that the flag of skip_sw/skip_hw should be same for
> > filter rule and the independent created tc actions the rule uses. In this
> > case, if we configure the tc-policy as skip_hw, filter rule will be created
> > with skip_hw flag and the police action according to meter table will have
> > no action flag, then flower rule will fail to add to tc kernel system.
> > 
> > To fix this issue, we will add tc action flag when adding police action to
> > offload a meter table, so it will allow meter table to work in tc software
> > datapath.
> > 
> > Fixes: 5c039ddc64ff ("netdev-linux: Add functions to manipulate tc police action")
> > Signed-off-by: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
> > ---
> >  acinclude.m4            |  6 +++---
> >  include/linux/pkt_cls.h | 11 +++++++----
> >  lib/netdev-linux.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++------
> >  lib/tc.c                | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >  lib/tc.h                |  2 ++
> >  5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > 
> >  v2:
> >  * Address review of v1
> >    - Update patch description: problem depends on setting tc-policy
> >    - Correct typo in comment: "independently"
> >    - Reformat nl_msg_put_tc_action_flag() declaration
> >    - Rename helper as nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag() and correct
> >      line wrapping of declaration.
> 
> Hi.  Thanks for v2!
> 
> The code looks correct to me, but I didn't test it.
> With that in mind:
> 
> Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>

Thanks Ilya,

I will plan to apply this a little later today.
I expect that it also needs to be backported to branch-3.0,
and I'll plan to do that too.

Kind regards,
Simon
Simon Horman Nov. 1, 2022, 9:53 a.m. UTC | #5
On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 10:05:32AM +0100, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 02:07:46PM +0100, Ilya Maximets wrote:
> > On 10/21/22 11:10, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > From: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
> > > 
> > > Add tc action flags when adding police action to offload meter table.
> > > 
> > > There is a restriction that the flag of skip_sw/skip_hw should be same for
> > > filter rule and the independent created tc actions the rule uses. In this
> > > case, if we configure the tc-policy as skip_hw, filter rule will be created
> > > with skip_hw flag and the police action according to meter table will have
> > > no action flag, then flower rule will fail to add to tc kernel system.
> > > 
> > > To fix this issue, we will add tc action flag when adding police action to
> > > offload a meter table, so it will allow meter table to work in tc software
> > > datapath.
> > > 
> > > Fixes: 5c039ddc64ff ("netdev-linux: Add functions to manipulate tc police action")
> > > Signed-off-by: Baowen Zheng <baowen.zheng@corigine.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
> > > ---
> > >  acinclude.m4            |  6 +++---
> > >  include/linux/pkt_cls.h | 11 +++++++----
> > >  lib/netdev-linux.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++------
> > >  lib/tc.c                | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  lib/tc.h                |  2 ++
> > >  5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > >  v2:
> > >  * Address review of v1
> > >    - Update patch description: problem depends on setting tc-policy
> > >    - Correct typo in comment: "independently"
> > >    - Reformat nl_msg_put_tc_action_flag() declaration
> > >    - Rename helper as nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag() and correct
> > >      line wrapping of declaration.
> > 
> > Hi.  Thanks for v2!
> > 
> > The code looks correct to me, but I didn't test it.
> > With that in mind:
> > 
> > Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
> 
> Thanks Ilya,
> 
> I will plan to apply this a little later today.
> I expect that it also needs to be backported to branch-3.0,
> and I'll plan to do that too.

Applied:

* ffcb6f115fe5 ("netdev-linux: Allow meter to work in tc software datapath when tc-policy is specified")
  https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/ffcb6f115fe5

Backport to branch-3.0.

* 4a2fe9f1e3c9 ("netdev-linux: Allow meter to work in tc software datapath when tc-policy is specified")
  https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/4a2fe9f1e3c9
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Patch

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index ad07989ac29c..aa9af55062f0 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@  dnl Configure Linux tc compat.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_LINUX_TC], [
   AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
     AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <linux/pkt_cls.h>], [
-        int x = TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64;
+        int x = TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW;
     ])],
-    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64], [1],
-               [Define to 1 if TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64 is available.])])
+    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW], [1],
+               [Define to 1 if TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW is available.])])
 
   AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct tcf_t.firstuse], [], [], [#include <linux/pkt_cls.h>])
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pkt_cls.h b/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
index ba82e690eba9..a8cd8db5bf88 100644
--- a/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
+++ b/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 
 #ifndef __LINUX_PKT_CLS_WRAPPER_H
 #define __LINUX_PKT_CLS_WRAPPER_H 1
 
-#if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(HAVE_TCA_POLICE_PKTRATE64)
+#if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(HAVE_TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW)
 #include_next <linux/pkt_cls.h>
 #else
 
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@  enum {
 	__TCA_ACT_MAX
 };
 
-#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_NO_PERCPU_STATS 1 /* Don't use percpu allocator for
-                                         * actions stats.
-                                         */
+/* See other TCA_ACT_FLAGS_ * flags in include/net/act_api.h. */
+#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_NO_PERCPU_STATS (1 << 0) /* Don't use percpu allocator for
+						* actions stats.
+						*/
+#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW	(1 << 1) /* don't offload action to HW */
+#define TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_SW	(1 << 2) /* don't use action in SW */
 
 #define TCA_ACT_MAX __TCA_ACT_MAX
 #define TCA_OLD_COMPAT (TCA_ACT_MAX+1)
diff --git a/lib/netdev-linux.c b/lib/netdev-linux.c
index cdc66246ced3..7ea4070c23ab 100644
--- a/lib/netdev-linux.c
+++ b/lib/netdev-linux.c
@@ -2623,10 +2623,17 @@  tc_matchall_fill_police(uint32_t kbits_rate, uint32_t kbits_burst)
 
 static void
 nl_msg_act_police_start_nest(struct ofpbuf *request, uint32_t prio,
-                             size_t *offset, size_t *act_offset)
+                             size_t *offset, size_t *act_offset,
+                             bool single_action)
 {
     *act_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(request, prio);
     nl_msg_put_string(request, TCA_ACT_KIND, "police");
+
+    /* If police action is added independently from filter, we need to
+     * add action flag according to tc-policy. */
+    if (single_action) {
+        nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag(request);
+    }
     *offset = nl_msg_start_nested(request, TCA_ACT_OPTIONS);
 }
 
@@ -2642,7 +2649,7 @@  nl_msg_act_police_end_nest(struct ofpbuf *request, size_t offset,
 static void
 nl_msg_put_act_police(struct ofpbuf *request, struct tc_police *police,
                       uint64_t pkts_rate, uint64_t pkts_burst,
-                      uint32_t notexceed_act)
+                      uint32_t notexceed_act, bool single_action)
 {
     size_t offset, act_offset;
     uint32_t prio = 0;
@@ -2651,7 +2658,8 @@  nl_msg_put_act_police(struct ofpbuf *request, struct tc_police *police,
         return;
     }
 
-    nl_msg_act_police_start_nest(request, ++prio, &offset, &act_offset);
+    nl_msg_act_police_start_nest(request, ++prio, &offset, &act_offset,
+                                 single_action);
     if (police->rate.rate) {
         tc_put_rtab(request, TCA_POLICE_RATE, &police->rate);
     }
@@ -2698,7 +2706,7 @@  tc_add_matchall_policer(struct netdev *netdev, uint32_t kbits_rate,
     basic_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_OPTIONS);
     action_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_MATCHALL_ACT);
     nl_msg_put_act_police(&request, &pol_act, kpkts_rate * 1000,
-                          kpkts_burst * 1000, TC_ACT_UNSPEC);
+                          kpkts_burst * 1000, TC_ACT_UNSPEC, false);
     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, action_offset);
     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, basic_offset);
 
@@ -5667,7 +5675,7 @@  tc_add_policer(struct netdev *netdev, uint32_t kbits_rate,
     police_offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_BASIC_ACT);
     tc_policer_init(&tc_police, kbits_rate, kbits_burst);
     nl_msg_put_act_police(&request, &tc_police, kpkts_rate * 1000ULL,
-                          kpkts_burst * 1000ULL, TC_ACT_UNSPEC);
+                          kpkts_burst * 1000ULL, TC_ACT_UNSPEC, false);
     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, police_offset);
     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, basic_offset);
 
@@ -5702,7 +5710,7 @@  tc_add_policer_action(uint32_t index, uint32_t kbits_rate,
 
     offset = nl_msg_start_nested(&request, TCA_ACT_TAB);
     nl_msg_put_act_police(&request, &tc_police, pkts_rate, pkts_burst,
-                          TC_ACT_PIPE);
+                          TC_ACT_PIPE, true);
     nl_msg_end_nested(&request, offset);
 
     error = tc_transact(&request, NULL);
diff --git a/lib/tc.c b/lib/tc.c
index 94044cde6060..66dc4208888c 100644
--- a/lib/tc.c
+++ b/lib/tc.c
@@ -3808,3 +3808,24 @@  tc_set_policy(const char *policy)
 
     VLOG_INFO("tc: Using policy '%s'", policy);
 }
+
+void
+nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag(struct ofpbuf *request)
+{
+    int flag = 0;
+
+    if (!request) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (tc_policy == TC_POLICY_SKIP_HW) {
+        flag = TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_HW;
+    } else if (tc_policy == TC_POLICY_SKIP_SW) {
+        flag = TCA_ACT_FLAGS_SKIP_SW;
+    }
+
+    if (flag) {
+        struct nla_bitfield32 flags = { flag, flag };
+        nl_msg_put_unspec(request, TCA_ACT_FLAGS, &flags, sizeof flags);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/tc.h b/lib/tc.h
index 2e64ad372592..161f438124b0 100644
--- a/lib/tc.h
+++ b/lib/tc.h
@@ -399,4 +399,6 @@  int tc_parse_action_stats(struct nlattr *action,
 int tc_dump_tc_action_start(char *name, struct nl_dump *dump);
 int parse_netlink_to_tc_policer(struct ofpbuf *reply, uint32_t police_idx[]);
 
+void nl_msg_put_act_tc_policy_flag(struct ofpbuf *request);
+
 #endif /* tc.h */