On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:07:11AM +0200, Andreas Gilbert wrote: > From OpenFlow Specification 1.3: > > "If a flow entry with identical match fields and priority already resides > in the requested table, > then that entry, including its duration, must be cleared from the table, > and the new flow entry added." > > What does this mean for a traffic (stream) currently using such a flow ? > Will the flow be unavailable for short time during clear/insert, or is this > done atomically > (so may the traffic will use another suitable flow in the table) ? > For a test, add same flow every x seconds during a stream transfer... > > In general: when there is a flow table update, > the incoming traffic will be processed in parallel or will be halted until > table modification is finished ?
OVS makes atomic changes to the flow table. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
