Re: [ovs-dev] [RFC 05/14] udpif: Separate ukey maps from revalidators.

2014-08-24 Thread Joe Stringer
On 23 August 2014 07:59, Ben Pfaff wrote: > n_umaps is now a hard-coded constant, but a lot of the code assumes > that it can vary. It would be very slightly simpler to actually use a > macro or enum to define the fixed size instead of a variable. It > would also allow better code generation in

Re: [ovs-dev] [RFC 05/14] udpif: Separate ukey maps from revalidators.

2014-08-22 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 05:42:00PM +1200, Joe Stringer wrote: > An upcoming patch will change the access patterns for ukey maps to > increase the number of writers, and shift write-access from revalidator > threads to upcall handler threads. As such, it no longer makes sense to > tie these maps to

[ovs-dev] [RFC 05/14] udpif: Separate ukey maps from revalidators.

2014-08-20 Thread Joe Stringer
An upcoming patch will change the access patterns for ukey maps to increase the number of writers, and shift write-access from revalidator threads to upcall handler threads. As such, it no longer makes sense to tie these maps to revalidators in a 1:1 relationship. This patch separates the ukey map