On Jun 30, 2014, at 2:32 PM, Ethan Jackson <et...@nicira.com> wrote:
>> 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. > You mean that when the limit is reached, the collected batches are executed and then start over with no batches to be executed (n_batches = 0)? Sounds OK for a separate batch. Jarno _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
