[ovs-discuss] Limit packets per second on a port

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:36:43PM +0200, S?bastien Riccio wrote:
> I'm still working on a topic I've already discussed before: I just
> dont want a VM to be able for example
> to be able to udp flood at a maximum rate  and bring the whole thing
> down and unresponsive.

Oh, OK.  For that, you really want to limit the maximum of flows, not
the maximum number of packets, or, even better, just ensure that there
is fairness among ports.

I think Jesse's patch to improve this behavior should come along soon.