+/* Clones 'bucket' and its ofpacts data */
+static struct ofputil_bucket *
+ofputil_bucket_clone_data(const struct ofputil_bucket *bucket)
+{
+ struct ofputil_bucket *new;
+
+ new = xmemdup(bucket, sizeof *bucket);
+ new->ofpacts = xmemdup(bucket->ofpacts, bucket->ofpacts_len);
+
+ return new;
+}
+
+/* Clones each of the buckets in the list 'src' appending them
+ * in turn to 'dest' which should be an initialised list.
+ * An exception is that if the pointer value of a bucket in 'src'
+ * matches 'skip' then it is not cloned or appended to 'dest'.
+ * This allows all of 'src' or 'all of 'src' except 'skip' to
+ * be cloned and appended to 'dest'. */
+void
+ofputil_bucket_clone_list(struct list *dest, const struct list *src,
+ const struct ofputil_bucket *skip)
+{
+ struct ofputil_bucket *bucket;
+
+ LIST_FOR_EACH (bucket, list_node, src) {
+ struct ofputil_bucket *new_bucket;
+
+ if (bucket == skip) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ new_bucket = ofputil_bucket_clone_data(bucket);
+ list_push_back(dest, &new_bucket->list_node);
+ }
+}
+
+/* Find a bucket in the list 'buckets' whose bucket id is 'bucket_id'
+ * Returns the first bucket found or NULL if no buckets are found. */
+struct ofputil_bucket *
+ofputil_bucket_find(const struct list *buckets, uint32_t bucket_id)
+{
+ struct ofputil_bucket *bucket;
+
+ if (bucket_id > OFPG15_BUCKET_MAX) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ LIST_FOR_EACH (bucket, list_node, buckets) {
+ if (bucket->bucket_id == bucket_id) {
+ return bucket;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/* Returns true if more than one bucket in the list 'buckets'
+ * have the same bucket id. Returns false otherwise. */