[ovs-dev] classifier mutex

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Thu Nov 6 20:21:36 UTC 2014


The classifier has an internal mutex, but in ofproto that mutex is
redundant with the external ofproto_mutex.  If the classifier mutex were
removed, to be replaced by documentation that certain routines need
mutual exclusion, then possibly the reduced locking could yield a
performance improvement.

However, I don't think any of the functions that take the lock are on
fast paths anyway, so this is just a thought.



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