On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Abhishek Verma <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Flow entries in the kernel data plane expire every 5 secs. This means that
> if i get a packet once every 6 secs then that packet will always get routed
> to the user space, since the flow would get expired the next time it comes
> again.
>
> Is this correct?
>

Yes. The idea is that if youre getting a packet that infrequently then you
shouldnt mind paying the user-space tax.


>
> If Yes, then can i set an age with a few selected flow entries so that
> they dont time out?
>

No, you cannot do that. The kernel automatically installs flow entries and
you cannot control that.

Dave



>
> Thanks, Abhishek
>
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