Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v10] dpif-netdev: Conditional EMC insert

2017-02-16 Thread Daniele Di Proietto
2017-02-16 3:01 GMT-08:00 Kevin Traynor : > On 02/16/2017 10:22 AM, Ciara Loftus wrote: >> Unconditional insertion of EMC entries results in EMC thrashing at high >> numbers of parallel flows. When this occurs, the performance of the EMC >> often falls below that of the dpcls classifier, rendering

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v10] dpif-netdev: Conditional EMC insert

2017-02-16 Thread Kevin Traynor
On 02/16/2017 10:22 AM, Ciara Loftus wrote: > Unconditional insertion of EMC entries results in EMC thrashing at high > numbers of parallel flows. When this occurs, the performance of the EMC > often falls below that of the dpcls classifier, rendering the EMC > practically useless. > > Instead of

[ovs-dev] [PATCH v10] dpif-netdev: Conditional EMC insert

2017-02-16 Thread Ciara Loftus
Unconditional insertion of EMC entries results in EMC thrashing at high numbers of parallel flows. When this occurs, the performance of the EMC often falls below that of the dpcls classifier, rendering the EMC practically useless. Instead of unconditionally inserting entries into the EMC when a mi