[ovs-dev] [RFC PATCH] xlate: Use dp_hash for select groups.

Ben Pfaff blp at ovn.org
Fri Apr 22 15:27:48 UTC 2016


On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 05:42:53PM -0700, Jarno Rajahalme wrote:
> Add a new select group selection method "dp_hash", which uses minimal
> number of bits from the datapath calculated packet hash to inform the
> select group bucket selection.  This makes the datapath flows more
> generic resulting in less upcalls to userspace, but adds recirculation
> prior to group selection.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jarno at ovn.org>

How can we explain this to users?  I don't think it tries, yet--I don't
see any documentation updates.

Thanks,

Ben.



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