Thx Ben,

I'll hold off the push and discuss with Pravin tmr,


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 01:35:04PM -0700, Alex Wang wrote:
> > This commit implements the API functions to allow multiple handler
> > threads read upcall.
> >
> > Also, this commit removes the handling priority of DPIF_UC_MISS
> > over DPIF_UC_ACTION.  So, both misses will be put to the same
> > queue.  The decision is based on the fact that a lot has changed
> > since the age when flow setup rate is most treasured and starving
> > all actions in the presence of any flow misses doesn't seem like
> > a sound balancing solution.
> >
> > Thusly the current implementation will be put in testing and
> > investigation for better balancing solution will continue if
> > there is an issue.
> >
> > Also note, the introduction and use of flow_hash_5tuple() will
> > put missed ICMP packets from same source but with different
> > type/code to different handler queues.  This may cause reordering
> > of these packets.  For now, we do not count this as a problem.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Wang <al...@nicira.com>
>
> Alex, Pravin is also changing dpif-netdev, to add DPDK support.
> Please coordinate with him to figure out who should make changes first
> and to make sure that your changes don't conflict with each other.
>
> Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com>
>
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