[ovs-dev] [PATCH] revalidator: Replace ukey->mark with reval_seq.

Joe Stringer joestringer at nicira.com
Wed May 21 02:45:54 UTC 2014


This no longer applies. I plan to send a fresh version.


On 20 May 2014 09:12, Joe Stringer <joestringer at nicira.com> wrote:

> Rather than setting and resetting the 'mark' field in the ukey, this
> patch introduces a seq to track whether a flow has been seen during the
> most recent dump. This tidies the code and simplifies the logic for
> detecting when flows are duplicated from the datapath.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer at nicira.com>
> ---
>  ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c b/ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c
> index 522aa8c..6adc729 100644
> --- a/ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c
> +++ b/ofproto/ofproto-dpif-upcall.c
> @@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ struct udpif_key {
>      struct ovs_mutex mutex;                   /* Guards the following. */
>      struct dpif_flow_stats stats OVS_GUARDED; /* Last known stats.*/
>      long long int created OVS_GUARDED;        /* Estimate of creation
> time. */
> -    bool mark OVS_GUARDED;                    /* For mark and sweep
> garbage
> -                                                 collection. */
> +    uint64_t dump_seq OVS_GUARDED;            /* Tracks udpif->dump_seq.
> */
>      bool flow_exists OVS_GUARDED;             /* Ensures flows are only
> deleted
>                                                   once. */
>
> @@ -1131,7 +1130,7 @@ ukey_create(const struct nlattr *key, size_t
> key_len, long long int used)
>      ukey->key_len = key_len;
>
>      ovs_mutex_lock(&ukey->mutex);
> -    ukey->mark = false;
> +    ukey->dump_seq = 0;
>      ukey->flow_exists = true;
>      ukey->created = used ? used : time_msec();
>      memset(&ukey->stats, 0, sizeof ukey->stats);
> @@ -1441,6 +1440,7 @@ revalidate(struct revalidator *revalidator)
>      const struct nlattr *key, *mask, *actions;
>      size_t key_len, mask_len, actions_len;
>      const struct dpif_flow_stats *stats;
> +    uint64_t dump_seq;
>      long long int now;
>      unsigned int flow_limit;
>      size_t n_ops;
> @@ -1448,13 +1448,14 @@ revalidate(struct revalidator *revalidator)
>
>      n_ops = 0;
>      now = time_msec();
> +    dump_seq = seq_read(udpif->dump_seq);
>      atomic_read(&udpif->flow_limit, &flow_limit);
>
>      dpif_flow_dump_state_init(udpif->dpif, &state);
>      while (dpif_flow_dump_next(&udpif->dump, state, &key, &key_len, &mask,
>                                 &mask_len, &actions, &actions_len,
> &stats)) {
>          struct udpif_key *ukey;
> -        bool mark, may_destroy;
> +        bool keep, may_destroy;
>          long long int used, max_idle;
>          uint32_t hash;
>          size_t n_flows;
> @@ -1466,7 +1467,7 @@ revalidate(struct revalidator *revalidator)
>          if (!used && ukey) {
>              ovs_mutex_lock(&ukey->mutex);
>
> -            if (ukey->mark || !ukey->flow_exists) {
> +            if (ukey->dump_seq == dump_seq) {
>                  /* The flow has already been dumped. This can occasionally
>                   * occur if the datapath is changed in the middle of a
> flow
>                   * dump. Rather than perform the same work twice, skip the
> @@ -1480,6 +1481,7 @@ revalidate(struct revalidator *revalidator)
>              ovs_mutex_unlock(&ukey->mutex);
>          }
>
> +        /* Delete flows more aggressively if over the limit. */
>          n_flows = udpif_get_n_flows(udpif);
>          max_idle = ofproto_max_idle;
>          if (n_flows > flow_limit) {
> @@ -1487,7 +1489,7 @@ revalidate(struct revalidator *revalidator)
>          }
>
>          if ((used && used < now - max_idle) || n_flows > flow_limit * 2) {
> -            mark = false;
> +            keep = false;
>          } else {
>              if (!ukey) {
>                  ukey = ukey_create(key, key_len, used);
> @@ -1500,17 +1502,18 @@ revalidate(struct revalidator *revalidator)
>                  }
>              }
>
> -            mark = revalidate_ukey(udpif, ukey, mask, mask_len, actions,
> +            keep = revalidate_ukey(udpif, ukey, mask, mask_len, actions,
>                                     actions_len, stats);
>          }
>
>          if (ukey) {
>              ovs_mutex_lock(&ukey->mutex);
> -            ukey->mark = ukey->flow_exists = mark;
> +            ukey->dump_seq = dump_seq;
> +            ukey->flow_exists = keep;
>              ovs_mutex_unlock(&ukey->mutex);
>          }
>
> -        if (!mark) {
> +        if (!keep) {
>              dump_op_init(&ops[n_ops++], key, key_len, ukey);
>          }
>
> @@ -1548,22 +1551,21 @@ revalidator_sweep__(struct revalidator
> *revalidator, bool purge)
>      struct dump_op ops[REVALIDATE_MAX_BATCH];
>      struct udpif_key *ukey, *next;
>      size_t n_ops;
> +    uint64_t dump_seq;
>
>      n_ops = 0;
> +    dump_seq = seq_read(revalidator->udpif->dump_seq);
>
>      /* During garbage collection, this revalidator completely owns its
> ukeys
>       * map, and therefore doesn't need to do any locking. */
>      HMAP_FOR_EACH_SAFE (ukey, next, hmap_node, revalidator->ukeys) {
> -        if (!purge && ukey->mark) {
> -            ukey->mark = false;
> -        } else if (!ukey->flow_exists) {
> +        if (!ukey->flow_exists) {
>              ukey_delete(revalidator, ukey);
> -        } else {
> +        } else if (purge || ukey->dump_seq != dump_seq) {
>              struct dump_op *op = &ops[n_ops++];
>
> -            /* If we have previously seen a flow in the datapath, but
> didn't
> -             * see it during the most recent dump, delete it. This allows
> us
> -             * to clean up the ukey and keep the statistics consistent. */
> +            /* If we have previously seen a flow in the datapath, but it
> +             * hasn't been revalidated with the current seq,  delete it.
> */
>              dump_op_init(op, ukey->key, ukey->key_len, ukey);
>              if (n_ops == REVALIDATE_MAX_BATCH) {
>                  push_dump_ops(revalidator, ops, n_ops);
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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