Table V1Table t invoked from two different controls: Apply and Apply

[hanw]

Following code causes an error in the P4-14 to 16 translation.

error: Table V1Table t invoked from two different controls: Apply and Apply

header_type h {
    fields {
        b : 1;
    }
}

metadata h m;

parser start {
    return ingress;
}

action x() {}

table t {
    actions { x; }
}

control c {
    apply(t);
}

control e {
    apply(t);
}

control ingress {
    c();
}

Question is: what is the right thing for the compiler to do? Should the compiler accept this program and eliminate the control block e that is not invoked anywhere? or should the compiler return an error to the programmer and ask programmer to delete e from source?

[hanw]

@mbudiu-vmw any suggestions?

[mihaibudiu]

I personally think that we should not invest too much in p4-14. The error looks good enough to me, although the Apply seems wrong.

We should not do more than the original Python compiler.