Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-10-01 Thread Pravin Shelar
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Joe Stringer wrote: > On 1 October 2014 11:59, Joe Stringer wrote: >> >> >> >> On 1 October 2014 11:55, Pravin Shelar wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Joe Stringer >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > >>> > On 1 October 2014 06:56, Pravin Shelar wrote: >>> >>

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-30 Thread Joe Stringer
On 1 October 2014 11:59, Joe Stringer wrote: > > > On 1 October 2014 11:55, Pravin Shelar wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Joe Stringer >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 1 October 2014 06:56, Pravin Shelar wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Joe Stringer >> >> wrote: >>

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-30 Thread Joe Stringer
On 1 October 2014 11:55, Pravin Shelar wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Joe Stringer > wrote: > > > > > > On 1 October 2014 06:56, Pravin Shelar wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Joe Stringer > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > On 30 September 2014 10:10, Ben Pfaff wrote

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-30 Thread Pravin Shelar
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Joe Stringer wrote: > > > On 1 October 2014 06:56, Pravin Shelar wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Joe Stringer >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 30 September 2014 10:10, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:28:15PM +1200, Joe Stringer w

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-30 Thread Joe Stringer
On 1 October 2014 06:56, Pravin Shelar wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Joe Stringer > wrote: > > > > > > On 30 September 2014 10:10, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:28:15PM +1200, Joe Stringer wrote: > >> > If a datapath is created with the flag OVS_DP_F_INDEX_BY

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-30 Thread Pravin Shelar
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Joe Stringer wrote: > > > On 30 September 2014 10:10, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:28:15PM +1200, Joe Stringer wrote: >> > If a datapath is created with the flag OVS_DP_F_INDEX_BY_UID, then an >> > additional table_instance is added to the flo

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-29 Thread Joe Stringer
On 30 September 2014 10:10, Ben Pfaff wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:28:15PM +1200, Joe Stringer wrote: > > If a datapath is created with the flag OVS_DP_F_INDEX_BY_UID, then an > > additional table_instance is added to the flow_table, which is indexed > > by unique identifiers ("UID"). User

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-29 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:28:15PM +1200, Joe Stringer wrote: > If a datapath is created with the flag OVS_DP_F_INDEX_BY_UID, then an > additional table_instance is added to the flow_table, which is indexed > by unique identifiers ("UID"). Userspace implementations can specify a > UID of up to 128

[ovs-dev] [PATCHv6 11/14] datapath: Add support for unique flow identifiers.

2014-09-26 Thread Joe Stringer
If a datapath is created with the flag OVS_DP_F_INDEX_BY_UID, then an additional table_instance is added to the flow_table, which is indexed by unique identifiers ("UID"). Userspace implementations can specify a UID of up to 128 bits along with a flow operation as shorthand for the key. This allows