Hey Ethan,

On 6 March 2014 13:33, Joe Stringer <joestrin...@nicira.com> wrote:

>  static void
> -revalidate_udumps(struct revalidator *revalidator, struct list *udumps)
> +revalidate(struct revalidator *revalidator)
>  {
>      struct udpif *udpif = revalidator->udpif;
>
>      struct dump_op ops[REVALIDATE_MAX_BATCH];
> -    struct udpif_flow_dump *udump, *next_udump;
> -    size_t n_ops, n_flows;
> +    const struct nlattr *key, *mask, *actions;
> +    size_t key_len, mask_len, actions_len;
> +    const struct dpif_flow_stats *stats;
> +    long long int now;
>      unsigned int flow_limit;
> -    long long int max_idle;
> -    bool must_del;
> +    size_t n_ops;
> +    void *state;
>
> +    n_ops = 0;
> +    now = time_msec();
>      atomic_read(&udpif->flow_limit, &flow_limit);
>
> -    n_flows = udpif_get_n_flows(udpif);
> -
> -    must_del = false;
> -    max_idle = MAX_IDLE;
> -    if (n_flows > flow_limit) {
> -        must_del = n_flows > 2 * flow_limit;
> -        max_idle = 100;
> -    }
> -
> -    n_ops = 0;
> -    LIST_FOR_EACH_SAFE (udump, next_udump, list_node, udumps) {
> -        long long int used, now;
> +    dpif_flow_dump_state_init(udpif->dpif, &state);
> +    while (dpif_flow_dump_next(&udpif->dump, state, &key, &key_len, &mask,
> +                               &mask_len, &actions, &actions_len,
> &stats)) {
>

Above, the current version of this "Remove the flow dumper thread" patch
removes the code to modify the flow limit and max_idle. I was trying to
remember why this is---whether it was a deliberate omission or perhaps I've
introduced it along the way as I rebased.

I don't have access to a test setup right now, so can't easily observe the
behaviour with/without this snippet. I suspect it would change the
behaviour significantly when around the flow_limit, but it's not obvious to
me that the behaviour is more desirable with this limit/idle code, or
without. I believe that all of my previous testing would have been without.

Do you remember why this is removed?
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