[ovs-dev] [PATCH 7/7] lib/dpif-netdev: Integrate megaflow classifier.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Mon Oct 6 21:51:50 UTC 2014


On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 04:02:37PM -0700, Jarno Rajahalme wrote:
> flow inserts and removals are simplified:
> 
> - No need for classifier internal mutex, as dpif-netdev already has a
>   'flow_mutex'
> - Number of memory allocations/frees can be halved
> 
> Lookup code path is a bit more effcient as well, as we can rely on

s/effcient/efficient/

> netdev_flow_key always having inline data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme at nicira.com>

Didn't I just review a patch that improves the batched lookup in the
classifier?  Yes:
        http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2014-September/046230.html
So what's the intended interaction?

(I haven't read this patch yet.)



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