ovs-ofctl: Document the "clone" action.

This was overlooked when "clone" was introduced. Fixes: 7ae62a6 ("ofp-actions: Add clone action.") Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> Acked-by: Mickey Spiegel <[email protected]>
evelikov · Jan 6, 2017 · e8035fc · e8035fc
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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Post-v2.6.0
        details.
      * The "sample" action now supports "ingress" and "egress" options.
      * The "ct" action now supports the TFTP ALG where support is available.
+     * New action "clone".
    - ovs-ofctl:
      * 'bundle' command now supports packet-out messages.
      * New syntax for 'ovs-ofctl packet-out' command, which uses the

diff --git a/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in b/utilities/ovs-ofctl.8.in
@@ -2633,6 +2633,14 @@ than one flow.  Open vSwitch does not enforce this.
 .IP
 The \fBconjunction\fR action and \fBconj_id\fR field were introduced
 in Open vSwitch 2.4.
+.
+.IP "\fBclone(\fR[\fIaction\fR][\fB,\fIaction\fR...]\fB)\fR"
+Executes each nested \fIaction\fR, saving much of the packet and
+pipeline state beforehand and then restoring it afterward.  The state
+that is saved and restored includes all flow data and metadata
+(including, for example, \fBct_state\fR).
+.IP
+This action was added in Open vSwitch 2.6.90.
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