# Re: \[PATCHv3 net-next 01/10\] openvswitch: Serialize acts with original netlink len

- From: Pravin Shelar \<hidden\>
- Date: 2015-08-12 21:34:48 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/08/4556997
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/08/4556072/t.md

```text
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Joe Stringer [ref] wrote:
> Previously, we used the kernel-internal netlink actions length to
> calculate the size of messages to serialize back to userspace.
> However,the sw_flow_actions may not be formatted exactly the same as the
> actions on the wire, so store the original actions length when
> de-serializing and re-use the original length when serializing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <redacted>

Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <redacted>
```