Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv10 ovs 12/15] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-11-21 Thread Pravin Shelar
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Joe Stringer wrote: > On 19 November 2014 15:34, Pravin Shelar wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Joe Stringer >> wrote: >>> @@ -684,33 +691,43 @@ static size_t ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(const struct >>> sw_flow_actions *acts) >>> >>> /* Called with ovs_m

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv10 ovs 12/15] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-11-20 Thread Joe Stringer
On 19 November 2014 15:34, Pravin Shelar wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Joe Stringer wrote: >> @@ -684,33 +691,43 @@ static size_t ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(const struct >> sw_flow_actions *acts) >> >> /* Called with ovs_mutex or RCU read lock. */ >> static int ovs_flow_cmd_fill_match(

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv10 ovs 12/15] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-11-20 Thread Joe Stringer
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 16:39:20 Pravin Shelar wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Joe Stringer wrote: > > On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 15:34:24 Pravin Shelar wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Joe Stringer > > > > wrote: > >> > @@ -684,33 +691,43 @@ static size_t ov

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv10 ovs 12/15] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-11-19 Thread Pravin Shelar
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Joe Stringer wrote: > On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 15:34:24 Pravin Shelar wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Joe Stringer > wrote: >> > @@ -684,33 +691,43 @@ static size_t ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(const struct >> > sw_flow_actions *acts) >> > >> > /* Cal

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv10 ovs 12/15] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-11-19 Thread Joe Stringer
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 15:34:24 Pravin Shelar wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Joe Stringer wrote: > > @@ -684,33 +691,43 @@ static size_t ovs_flow_cmd_msg_size(const struct > > sw_flow_actions *acts) > > > > /* Called with ovs_mutex or RCU read lock. */ > > static int ovs_f

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv10 ovs 12/15] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-11-19 Thread Pravin Shelar
On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Joe Stringer wrote: > Previously, flows were manipulated by userspace specifying a full, > unmasked flow key. This adds significant burden onto flow > serialization/deserialization, particularly when dumping flows. > > This patch adds an alternative way to refer t

[ovs-dev] [PATCHv10 ovs 12/15] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-11-13 Thread Joe Stringer
Previously, flows were manipulated by userspace specifying a full, unmasked flow key. This adds significant burden onto flow serialization/deserialization, particularly when dumping flows. This patch adds an alternative way to refer to flows using a variable-length "unique flow identifier" (UFID).