Looks good, Ethan
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 15:50, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > --- > vswitchd/vswitch.xml | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- > 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml > index 8c506e4..4b99b99 100644 > --- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml > +++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml > @@ -2338,23 +2338,29 @@ > > <group title="OpenFlow Rate Limiting"> > <column name="controller_rate_limit"> > - <p>The maximum rate at which packets in unknown flows will be > - forwarded to the OpenFlow controller, in packets per second. This > - feature prevents a single bridge from overwhelming the controller. > - If not specified, the default is implementation-specific.</p> > - <p>In addition, when a high rate triggers rate-limiting, Open > - vSwitch queues controller packets for each port and transmits > - them to the controller at the configured rate. The number of > - queued packets is limited by > - the <ref column="controller_burst_limit"/> value. The packet > - queue is shared fairly among the ports on a bridge.</p><p>Open > - vSwitch maintains two such packet rate-limiters per bridge. > - One of these applies to packets sent up to the controller > - because they do not correspond to any flow. The other applies > - to packets sent up to the controller by request through flow > - actions. When both rate-limiters are filled with packets, the > - actual rate that packets are sent to the controller is up to > - twice the specified rate.</p> > + <p> > + The maximum rate at which the switch will forward packets to the > + OpenFlow controller, in packets per second. This feature prevents > a > + single bridge from overwhelming the controller. If not specified, > + the default is implementation-specific. > + </p> > + > + <p> > + In addition, when a high rate triggers rate-limiting, Open vSwitch > + queues controller packets for each port and transmits them to the > + controller at the configured rate. The <ref > + column="controller_burst_limit"/> value limits the number of queued > + packets. Ports on a bridge share the packet queue fairly. > + </p> > + > + <p> > + Open vSwitch maintains two such packet rate-limiters per bridge: > one > + for packets sent up to the controller because they do not > correspond > + to any flow, and the other for packets sent up to the controller by > + request through flow actions. When both rate-limiters are filled > with > + packets, the actual rate that packets are sent to the controller is > + up to twice the specified rate. > + </p> > </column> > > <column name="controller_burst_limit"> > -- > 1.7.2.5 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > dev@openvswitch.org > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
