[ovs-dev] [xc 4/4] ofproto-dpif: Track relevant fields for wildcarding and add xout cache.

Rajahalme, Jarno (NSN - FI/Espoo) jarno.rajahalme at nsn.com
Fri Jun 7 06:32:52 UTC 2013


On Jun 7, 2013, at 0:02 , ext Ben Pfaff wrote:

> handle_flow_miss_without_facet() previously translated the actions for
> each packet.  Now, it translates the actions once (or not at all, if
> there's an xc already).  Won't this prevent slow protocols (e.g. CFM,
> LACP, BFD) from working properly, because packets after the first
> won't go through translation?  I guess the unit tests pass; maybe I am
> missing something (or maybe the unit tests pass because they never
> trigger the governor).

There is also the controller action, which is executed during action translation, that may be missed in this case.

  Jarno




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