> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] [GIT PULL v2] Open vSwitch > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 01:54:16PM +0000, Fischer, Anna wrote: > > Yes, I mentioned this months ago, and I am surprised this critical > > issue has never been picked up on and addressed. With a flaw like > this > > there is no chance this component can be used in any serious > > virtualization deployment where different customers share the same > > physical server. > > It was addressed, by introducing additional queues and using them in > userspace. > > This is documented in NEWS: > > - Flow setups are now processed in a round-robin manner across > ports > to prevent any single client from monopolizing the CPU and > conducting > a denial of service attack.
OK, that addresses my point, thanks. Ideally there should be smarter or more flexible algorithms than just a round robin scheduler, but it is a start. Anna _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
