[ovs-discuss] "ovs-dpctl dump-flows" only shows 1250 entries at max within 5 seconds

[Ben Pfaff]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:52:21AM +0500, Asadullah Hussain wrote:
> I am generating around 2000 unique flows per second between two VMs
> connected through OVS bridge and observing each flow's stats (no of
> packets, used etc) through "ovs-dpctl dump-flows" command:
> 
> VM1<---->br0<---->VM2
> 
> but the command's output always shows 1250 entires (flows) within a 5 sec
> (timeout) period.

The flows in the datapath are an implementation detail.  Don't rely on
them to report all your traffic: they won't.