Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v8 5/6] dpif-netdev: do hw flow offload in a thread

2018-04-11 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:58 PM, Stokes, Ian: > Subject: RE: [PATCH v8 5/6] dpif-netdev: do hw flow offload in a thread > > > Currently, the major trigger for hw flow offload is at upcall > > handling, which is actually in the datapath. Moreover, the hw offload > > installation and modification

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v8 5/6] dpif-netdev: do hw flow offload in a thread

2018-04-10 Thread Stokes, Ian
> Currently, the major trigger for hw flow offload is at upcall handling, > which is actually in the datapath. Moreover, the hw offload installation > and modification is not that lightweight. Meaning, if there are so many > flows being added or modified frequently, it could stall the datapath, >

[ovs-dev] [PATCH v8 5/6] dpif-netdev: do hw flow offload in a thread

2018-03-27 Thread Shahaf Shuler
From: Yuanhan Liu Currently, the major trigger for hw flow offload is at upcall handling, which is actually in the datapath. Moreover, the hw offload installation and modification is not that lightweight. Meaning, if there are so many flows being added or modified