> Would it make sense to batch the upcalls as well, i.e. collect them up and > then issue them with a single dp_netdev_output_userspace()?
Yep, Ryan is working on that. > It would seem that starting from the newest batch and looping backwards might > find the batch sooner, especially if the packets of a batch arrive back to > back. True. I talked about this offline with Pravin, and we think that the best thing is to simply limit the number of packet_batches you're allowed to have per batch. If it's something like 4 then it shouldn't matter. Does that sound reasonable? If so I'll do it as a separate patch. Ethan _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
