[ovs-git] Open vSwitch: ofproto-dpif: Rate limit calls to facet_learn(). (master)

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commit 6cf474d792d3197bdf92e49d4215c8bc942d6e15
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Author: Ethan Jackson <ethan at nicira.com>
		
ofproto-dpif: Rate limit calls to facet_learn().
		
In the TCP_CRR benchmark, ovs-vswitchd spends so much time in
update_stats() that it has a significant impact on flow setup
performance.  Further work is needed in this area, but for now,
simply rate limiting facet_learn() has a roughly 10% improvement
with complex flow tables.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan at nicira.com>


commit 4d2a0f3984ec9ab76467bb2ee06476513a4d8083
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Author: Ethan Jackson <ethan at nicira.com>
		
ofproto-dpif: Rate limit facet_check_consistency()
		
With complex flow tables, facet_check_consistency() can be
expensive enough to show up in flow setup performance benchmarks.
In my testing this patch gives us a roughly 10% improvement in
TCP_CRR and ovs-benchmark.

Signed-off-by: Ethan Jackson <ethan at nicira.com>


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 ofproto/ofproto-dpif.c |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
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