diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 9a3eb7a..1ecbd77 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -750,6 +750,14 @@
 
 	if (likely(vport)) {
 		u16 mru = OVS_CB(skb)->mru;
+		u32 cutlen = OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen;
+
+		if (unlikely(cutlen > 0)) {
+			if (skb->len - cutlen > ETH_HLEN)
+				pskb_trim(skb, skb->len - cutlen);
+			else
+				pskb_trim(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+		}
 
 		if (likely(!mru || (skb->len <= mru + ETH_HLEN))) {
 			ovs_vport_send(vport, skb);
@@ -775,7 +783,8 @@
 
 static int output_userspace(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			    struct sw_flow_key *key, const struct nlattr *attr,
-			    const struct nlattr *actions, int actions_len)
+			    const struct nlattr *actions, int actions_len,
+			    uint32_t cutlen)
 {
 	struct dp_upcall_info upcall;
 	const struct nlattr *a;
@@ -822,7 +831,7 @@
 		} /* End of switch. */
 	}
 
-	return ovs_dp_upcall(dp, skb, key, &upcall);
+	return ovs_dp_upcall(dp, skb, key, &upcall, cutlen);
 }
 
 static int sample(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -832,6 +841,7 @@
 	const struct nlattr *acts_list = NULL;
 	const struct nlattr *a;
 	int rem;
+	u32 cutlen = 0;
 
 	for (a = nla_data(attr), rem = nla_len(attr); rem > 0;
 		 a = nla_next(a, &rem)) {
@@ -858,13 +868,24 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	/* The only known usage of sample action is having a single user-space
+	 * action, or having a truncate action followed by a single user-space
 	 * action. Treat this usage as a special case.
 	 * The output_userspace() should clone the skb to be sent to the
 	 * user space. This skb will be consumed by its caller.
 	 */
+	if (unlikely(nla_type(a) == OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC)) {
+		struct ovs_action_trunc *trunc = nla_data(a);
+
+		if (skb->len > trunc->max_len)
+			cutlen = skb->len - trunc->max_len;
+
+		a = nla_next(a, &rem);
+	}
+
 	if (likely(nla_type(a) == OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE &&
 		   nla_is_last(a, rem)))
-		return output_userspace(dp, skb, key, a, actions, actions_len);
+		return output_userspace(dp, skb, key, a, actions,
+					actions_len, cutlen);
 
 	skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
@@ -1051,6 +1072,7 @@
 			if (out_skb)
 				do_output(dp, out_skb, prev_port, key);
 
+			OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen = 0;
 			prev_port = -1;
 		}
 
@@ -1059,8 +1081,18 @@
 			prev_port = nla_get_u32(a);
 			break;
 
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC: {
+			struct ovs_action_trunc *trunc = nla_data(a);
+
+			if (skb->len > trunc->max_len)
+				OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen = skb->len - trunc->max_len;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE:
-			output_userspace(dp, skb, key, a, attr, len);
+			output_userspace(dp, skb, key, a, attr,
+						     len, OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen);
+			OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen = 0;
 			break;
 
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_HASH:
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 856bd8d..6739342 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -137,10 +137,12 @@
 static struct vport *new_vport(const struct vport_parms *);
 static int queue_gso_packets(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *,
 			     const struct sw_flow_key *,
-			     const struct dp_upcall_info *);
+			     const struct dp_upcall_info *,
+			     uint32_t cutlen);
 static int queue_userspace_packet(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *,
 				  const struct sw_flow_key *,
-				  const struct dp_upcall_info *);
+				  const struct dp_upcall_info *,
+				  uint32_t cutlen);
 
 /* Must be called with rcu_read_lock. */
 static struct datapath *get_dp_rcu(struct net *net, int dp_ifindex)
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@
 		upcall.cmd = OVS_PACKET_CMD_MISS;
 		upcall.portid = ovs_vport_find_upcall_portid(p, skb);
 		upcall.mru = OVS_CB(skb)->mru;
-		error = ovs_dp_upcall(dp, skb, key, &upcall);
+		error = ovs_dp_upcall(dp, skb, key, &upcall, 0);
 		if (unlikely(error))
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 		else
@@ -300,7 +302,8 @@
 
 int ovs_dp_upcall(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		  const struct sw_flow_key *key,
-		  const struct dp_upcall_info *upcall_info)
+		  const struct dp_upcall_info *upcall_info,
+		  uint32_t cutlen)
 {
 	struct dp_stats_percpu *stats;
 	int err;
@@ -311,9 +314,9 @@
 	}
 
 	if (!skb_is_gso(skb))
-		err = queue_userspace_packet(dp, skb, key, upcall_info);
+		err = queue_userspace_packet(dp, skb, key, upcall_info, cutlen);
 	else
-		err = queue_gso_packets(dp, skb, key, upcall_info);
+		err = queue_gso_packets(dp, skb, key, upcall_info, cutlen);
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -331,7 +334,8 @@
 
 static int queue_gso_packets(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     const struct sw_flow_key *key,
-			     const struct dp_upcall_info *upcall_info)
+			     const struct dp_upcall_info *upcall_info,
+				 uint32_t cutlen)
 {
 	unsigned short gso_type = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type;
 	struct sw_flow_key later_key;
@@ -360,7 +364,7 @@
 		if (gso_type & SKB_GSO_UDP && skb != segs)
 			key = &later_key;
 
-		err = queue_userspace_packet(dp, skb, key, upcall_info);
+		err = queue_userspace_packet(dp, skb, key, upcall_info, cutlen);
 		if (err)
 			break;
 
@@ -416,7 +420,8 @@
 
 static int queue_userspace_packet(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  const struct sw_flow_key *key,
-				  const struct dp_upcall_info *upcall_info)
+				  const struct dp_upcall_info *upcall_info,
+				  uint32_t cutlen)
 {
 	struct ovs_header *upcall;
 	struct sk_buff *nskb = NULL;
@@ -461,7 +466,7 @@
 	else
 		hlen = skb->len;
 
-	len = upcall_msg_size(upcall_info, hlen);
+	len = upcall_msg_size(upcall_info, hlen - cutlen);
 	user_skb = genlmsg_new(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!user_skb) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -515,9 +520,9 @@
 		err = -ENOBUFS;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	nla->nla_len = nla_attr_size(skb->len);
+	nla->nla_len = nla_attr_size(skb->len - cutlen);
 
-	err = skb_zerocopy(user_skb, skb, skb->len, hlen);
+	err = skb_zerocopy(user_skb, skb, skb->len - cutlen, hlen);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
index 427e39a..ab85c1c 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.h
@@ -100,11 +100,13 @@
  * @input_vport: The original vport packet came in on. This value is cached
  * when a packet is received by OVS.
  * @mru: The maximum received fragement size; 0 if the packet is not
+ * @cutlen: The number of bytes from the packet end to be removed.
  * fragmented.
  */
 struct ovs_skb_cb {
 	struct vport		*input_vport;
 	u16			mru;
+	u32			cutlen;
 };
 #define OVS_CB(skb) ((struct ovs_skb_cb *)(skb)->cb)
 
@@ -194,7 +196,8 @@
 void ovs_dp_process_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key);
 void ovs_dp_detach_port(struct vport *);
 int ovs_dp_upcall(struct datapath *, struct sk_buff *,
-		  const struct sw_flow_key *, const struct dp_upcall_info *);
+		  const struct sw_flow_key *, const struct dp_upcall_info *,
+		  uint32_t cutlen);
 
 const char *ovs_dp_name(const struct datapath *dp);
 struct sk_buff *ovs_vport_cmd_build_info(struct vport *, u32 pid, u32 seq,
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 0bb650f..c78a6a1 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2229,6 +2229,7 @@
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE] = (u32)-1,
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_HASH] = sizeof(struct ovs_action_hash),
 			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT] = (u32)-1,
+			[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC] = sizeof(struct ovs_action_trunc),
 		};
 		const struct ovs_action_push_vlan *vlan;
 		int type = nla_type(a);
@@ -2255,6 +2256,14 @@
 				return -EINVAL;
 			break;
 
+		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC: {
+			const struct ovs_action_trunc *trunc = nla_data(a);
+
+			if (trunc->max_len < ETH_HLEN)
+				return -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_HASH: {
 			const struct ovs_action_hash *act_hash = nla_data(a);
 
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport.c b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
index 31cbc8c..6b21fd0 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport.c
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@
 
 	OVS_CB(skb)->input_vport = vport;
 	OVS_CB(skb)->mru = 0;
+	OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen = 0;
 	if (unlikely(dev_net(skb->dev) != ovs_dp_get_net(vport->dp))) {
 		u32 mark;