From 03f0d916aa0317592dda11bd17c7357858719b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Zhou Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 20:01:00 -0700 Subject: openvswitch: Mega flow implementation Add wildcarded flow support in kernel datapath. Wildcarded flow can improve OVS flow set up performance by avoid sending matching new flows to the user space program. The exact performance boost will largely dependent on wildcarded flow hit rate. In case all new flows hits wildcard flows, the flow set up rate is within 5% of that of linux bridge module. Pravin has made significant contributions to this patch. Including API clean ups and bug fixes. Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar Signed-off-by: Andy Zhou Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross --- include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h index 52490b0e62b..de1fa5d3780 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/openvswitch.h @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /* - * Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Nicira Networks. + * Copyright (c) 2007-2013 Nicira, Inc. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public @@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ struct ovs_key_nd { * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_CLEAR: If present in a %OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET request, clears the * last-used time, accumulated TCP flags, and statistics for this flow. * Otherwise ignored in requests. Never present in notifications. + * @OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK: Nested %OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes specifying the + * mask bits for wildcarded flow match. Mask bit value '1' specifies exact + * match with corresponding flow key bit, while mask bit value '0' specifies + * a wildcarded match. Omitting attribute is treated as wildcarding all + * corresponding fields. Optional for all requests. If not present, + * all flow key bits are exact match bits. * * These attributes follow the &struct ovs_header within the Generic Netlink * payload for %OVS_FLOW_* commands. @@ -391,6 +397,7 @@ enum ovs_flow_attr { OVS_FLOW_ATTR_TCP_FLAGS, /* 8-bit OR'd TCP flags. */ OVS_FLOW_ATTR_USED, /* u64 msecs last used in monotonic time. */ OVS_FLOW_ATTR_CLEAR, /* Flag to clear stats, tcp_flags, used. */ + OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MASK, /* Sequence of OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attributes. */ __OVS_FLOW_ATTR_MAX }; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2