diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
index 1dd057afd3fb..beb2499b7126 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import argparse
 import errno
 import ipaddress
 import logging
+import math
 import multiprocessing
 import re
 import struct
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ OVS_FLOW_CMD_DEL = 2
 OVS_FLOW_CMD_GET = 3
 OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET = 4
 
+UINT32_MAX = 0xFFFFFFFF
 
 def macstr(mac):
     outstr = ":".join(["%02X" % i for i in mac])
@@ -267,6 +269,75 @@ def parse_extract_field(
     return str_skipped, data
 
 
+def parse_attrs(actstr, attr_desc):
+    """Parses the given action string and returns a list of netlink
+    attributes based on a list of attribute descriptions.
+
+    Each element in the attribute description list is a tuple such as:
+        (name, attr_name, parse_func)
+    where:
+        name: is the string representing the attribute
+        attr_name: is the name of the attribute as defined in the uAPI.
+        parse_func: is a callable accepting a string and returning either
+            a single object (the parsed attribute value) or a tuple of
+            two values (the parsed attribute value and the remaining string)
+
+    Returns a list of attributes and the remaining string.
+    """
+    def parse_attr(actstr, key, func):
+        actstr = actstr[len(key) :]
+
+        if not func:
+            return None, actstr
+
+        delim = actstr[0]
+        actstr = actstr[1:]
+
+        if delim == "=":
+            pos = strcspn(actstr, ",)")
+            ret = func(actstr[:pos])
+        else:
+            ret = func(actstr)
+
+        if isinstance(ret, tuple):
+            (datum, actstr) = ret
+        else:
+            datum = ret
+            actstr = actstr[strcspn(actstr, ",)"):]
+
+        if delim == "(":
+            if not actstr or actstr[0] != ")":
+                raise ValueError("Action contains unbalanced parentheses")
+
+            actstr = actstr[1:]
+
+        actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
+
+        return datum, actstr
+
+    attrs = []
+    attr_desc = list(attr_desc)
+    while actstr and actstr[0] != ")" and attr_desc:
+        found = False
+        for i, (key, attr, func) in enumerate(attr_desc):
+            if actstr.startswith(key):
+                datum, actstr = parse_attr(actstr, key, func)
+                attrs.append([attr, datum])
+                found = True
+                del attr_desc[i]
+
+        if not found:
+            raise ValueError("Unknown attribute: '%s'" % actstr)
+
+        actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
+
+    if actstr[0] != ")":
+        raise ValueError("Action string contains extra garbage or has "
+                         "unbalanced parenthesis: '%s'" % actstr)
+
+    return attrs, actstr[1:]
+
+
 class ovs_dp_msg(genlmsg):
     # include the OVS version
     # We need a custom header rather than just being able to rely on
@@ -285,7 +356,7 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET", "none"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_VLAN", "none"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_POP_VLAN", "flag"),
-        ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE", "none"),
+        ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE", "sample"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_RECIRC", "uint32"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_HASH", "none"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_PUSH_MPLS", "none"),
@@ -304,8 +375,85 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_ADD_MPLS", "none"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL", "none"),
         ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DROP", "uint32"),
+        ("OVS_ACTION_ATTR_EMIT_SAMPLE", "emit_sample"),
     )
 
+    class emit_sample(nla):
+        nla_flags = NLA_F_NESTED
+
+        nla_map = (
+            ("OVS_EMIT_SAMPLE_ATTR_UNSPEC", "none"),
+            ("OVS_EMIT_SAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP", "uint32"),
+            ("OVS_EMIT_SAMPLE_ATTR_COOKIE", "array(uint8)"),
+        )
+
+        def dpstr(self, more=False):
+            args = "group=%d" % self.get_attr("OVS_EMIT_SAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP")
+
+            cookie = self.get_attr("OVS_EMIT_SAMPLE_ATTR_COOKIE")
+            if cookie:
+                args += ",cookie(%s)" % \
+                        "".join(format(x, "02x") for x in cookie)
+
+            return "emit_sample(%s)" % args
+
+        def parse(self, actstr):
+            desc = (
+                ("group", "OVS_EMIT_SAMPLE_ATTR_GROUP", int),
+                ("cookie", "OVS_EMIT_SAMPLE_ATTR_COOKIE",
+                    lambda x: list(bytearray.fromhex(x)))
+            )
+
+            attrs, actstr = parse_attrs(actstr, desc)
+
+            for attr in attrs:
+                self["attrs"].append(attr)
+
+            return actstr
+
+    class sample(nla):
+        nla_flags = NLA_F_NESTED
+
+        nla_map = (
+            ("OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_UNSPEC", "none"),
+            ("OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_PROBABILITY", "uint32"),
+            ("OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_ACTIONS", "ovsactions"),
+        )
+
+        def dpstr(self, more=False):
+            args = []
+
+            args.append("sample={:.2f}%".format(
+                100 * self.get_attr("OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_PROBABILITY") /
+                UINT32_MAX))
+
+            actions = self.get_attr("OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_ACTIONS")
+            if actions:
+                args.append("actions(%s)" % actions.dpstr(more))
+
+            return "sample(%s)" % ",".join(args)
+
+        def parse(self, actstr):
+            def parse_nested_actions(actstr):
+                subacts = ovsactions()
+                parsed_len = subacts.parse(actstr)
+                return subacts, actstr[parsed_len :]
+
+            def percent_to_rate(percent):
+                percent = float(percent.strip('%'))
+                return int(math.floor(UINT32_MAX * (percent / 100.0) + .5))
+
+            desc = (
+                ("sample", "OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_PROBABILITY", percent_to_rate),
+                ("actions", "OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_ACTIONS", parse_nested_actions),
+            )
+            attrs, actstr = parse_attrs(actstr, desc)
+
+            for attr in attrs:
+                self["attrs"].append(attr)
+
+            return actstr
+
     class ctact(nla):
         nla_flags = NLA_F_NESTED
 
@@ -637,6 +785,18 @@ class ovsactions(nla):
                 self["attrs"].append(["OVS_ACTION_ATTR_CT", ctact])
                 parsed = True
 
+            elif parse_starts_block(actstr, "sample(", False):
+                sampleact = self.sample()
+                actstr = sampleact.parse(actstr[len("sample(") : ])
+                self["attrs"].append(["OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SAMPLE", sampleact])
+                parsed = True
+
+            elif parse_starts_block(actstr, "emit_sample(", False):
+                emitact = self.emit_sample()
+                actstr = emitact.parse(actstr[len("emit_sample(") : ])
+                self["attrs"].append(["OVS_ACTION_ATTR_EMIT_SAMPLE", emitact])
+                parsed = True
+
             actstr = actstr[strspn(actstr, ", ") :]
             while parencount > 0:
                 parencount -= 1
