On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 01:36:23PM -0700, Pravin Shelar wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:50:59AM -0700, Pravin Shelar wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Daniele Di Proietto
> >> <ddiproie...@vmware.com> wrote:
> >> > These patches remove struct hmap flow_table from dp_netdev.
> >> > A new function has been added to the classifier interface 
> >> > (classifier_at_position). Given the complexity added by this call, which 
> >> > has to expose part of the classifier interface, I???m not sure anymore 
> >> > this change is worth merging, but I???ll leave this decision to you guys.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Two hash tables for single flow table is not nice, we have to get rid
> >> of extra table. If you want you can hide classifier complexity by
> >> moving position variables in new struct, something like struct
> >> classifier_position.
> >
> > I don't think the hash table that Daniele's patches remove is used on
> > the fast path at all.
> 
> Right, It is not in datapath, But I am worried about flow setup
> performance and maintenance of two table in userspace datapath.

OK, fair enough.
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