Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] ofproto-dpif: Simplify subfacet stat calculations.

2013-05-31 Thread Ethan Jackson
Sure, I pretty much agree with your analysis. The old code calculated an average lifespan for subfacets over the entire life time of the switch. I suppose I would argue that the old metric isn't particularly useful. Who cares if 2 days ago most of the subfacets lasted 300 milliseconds? When I'm

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] ofproto-dpif: Simplify subfacet stat calculations.

2013-05-30 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 02:45:12PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote: > Along with some minor minor cleanups, this patch simplifies the > calculation of the average subfacet count, and average subfacet > lifespan. They are both calculated as exponentially weighted > moving averages updated immediately af