[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] Meter implementation for userspace datapath.

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Mon Nov 30 01:12:27 UTC 2015


On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 08:54:31PM -0800, Jarno Rajahalme wrote:
> Back by popular demand, here is the OpenFlow meter implementation for
> the userspace datapath.  Meters are inherently shared datapath
> resources and this version uses a simple locking strategy which may
> not be optimal for DPDK.  Nonetheless, this implementation should be a
> good starting point for further optimizations.

OF1.5 has "drop" and "DSCP remark" meters.  It looks like this initial
implementation has only "drop" meters.  Is it general enough that DSCP
remarking meters could be supported later within the framework?



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