[ovs-dev] [PATCH] ovs-ofctl: Implementation of eviction on the basis of Importance
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Fri Jan 30 22:07:21 UTC 2015
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 06:04:35PM +0530, Rishi Bamba wrote:
> From: Saloni Jain <saloni.jain at tcs.com>
>
> This commit enables the eviction mechanism on the basis of importance as
> per the openflow specification 1.4.
>
> ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow14 mod-table <switch> <table> evict
> -Enable eviction on <table> of <switch>. Eviction adds a mechanism
> enabling the switch to automatically eliminate entries of lower
> importance to make space for newer entries.If want to enable eviction
> on all tables, user can set the <table> as 'ALL'.
>
> ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow14 mod-table <switch> <table> noevict
> -Disable eviction on <table> of <switch>.
>
> ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow14 dump-tables-desc <switch>
> -This command provides a way to list the current configuration
> (eviction for importance) of the tables on a <switch>, which is set
> using the mod-table command.
>
> Signed-off-by: Saloni Jain <saloni.jain at tcs.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hiteshi Kalra <hiteshi.kalra at tcs.com>
I don't understand why OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_MASK has something to do with
enabling or disabling eviction. Please explain.
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