[ovs-dev] [PATCH v9] ovs-ofctl:Implementation of eviction on the basis of Importance

[Saloni Jain]

Hi Ben,

Thanks, my query has been resolved and the code is updated in version 10 --"[PATCH v10] ovs-ofctl:Implementation of eviction on the basis of Importance" sent on 17-June-2015.
Sending a new patch version 11, rebased with the latest master.

Thanks and Regards,
Saloni Jain
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-----Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote: -----
To: Saloni Jain <saloni.jain at tcs.com>
From: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
Date: 06/22/2015 09:10PM
Cc: dev at openvswitch.org, saloni.jain12 at gmail.com, Deepankar Gupta <deepankar.gupta at tcs.com>, Partha Datta <partha.datta at tcs.com>
Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v9] ovs-ofctl:Implementation of eviction on the basis of Importance

On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 05:44:37PM +0530, Saloni Jain wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Thanks for your inputs. We will share the updated patch.
> Kindly suggest for the below point..
> 
> >This adds abstracted OFPUTIL_TABLE_CONFIG_* but it doesn't do any
> >translation between them and OFPTC14_*.
> 
> As per the openflow specs. 1.4, OFPTC14_* values are defined only for eviction and vacancy events (as OFPTC14_EVICTION and OFPTC14_VACANCY_EVENTS), but there is no OFPTC14_* value defined for "no-evict" feature.
> Please suggest can we use OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_* values for the same, as the comment in the definition of ofp_table_config for OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_* values, in openflow-common.h suggest that 
>   " /* OpenFlow 1.1 and 1.2 defined this field as shown.
>      * OpenFlow 1.3 and later mark this field as deprecated, but have not
>      * reused it for any new purpose. */"
> 
> So when "no-evict" is set through mod-table command (for OF1.4 or greater) to disable eviction , can any one of OFPTC11_TABLE_MISS_* values be used?

I'm not sure I understand the question.  OFPTC14_EVICTION enables
eviction through OF1.4 mechanisms; if it is not set, then eviction is
not enabled through OF1.4 mechanisms.  What does the table miss setting
to do with this?
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