The classifier has an internal mutex, but in ofproto that mutex is redundant with the external ofproto_mutex. If the classifier mutex were removed, to be replaced by documentation that certain routines need mutual exclusion, then possibly the reduced locking could yield a performance improvement.
However, I don't think any of the functions that take the lock are on fast paths anyway, so this is just a thought. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
