X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=vswitchd%2Fovs-vswitchd.8.in;h=e9c11f419a0cf844e0b5dc40b939ed28580b4a0e;hb=347401f756e6678fced43ecee27f5107c803fda2;hp=3750cb3082341d86ea39af817c462a8ae98e13c7;hpb=b16fdafe572f4d91b480c2c84758c643a41376af;p=openvswitch diff --git a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in index 3750cb30..e9c11f41 100644 --- a/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in +++ b/vswitchd/ovs-vswitchd.8.in @@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ Open vSwitch distribution for instructions on how to build and load the Open vSwitch kernel module. .PP .SH OPTIONS +.IP "\fB--mlockall\fR" +Causes \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to call the \fBmlockall()\fR function, to +attempt to lock all of its process memory into physical RAM, +preventing the kernel from paging any of its memory to disk. This +helps to avoid networking interruptions due to system memory pressure. +.IP +Some systems do not support \fBmlockall()\fR at all, and other systems +only allow privileged users, such as the superuser, to use it. +\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR emits a log message if \fBmlockall()\fR is +unavailable or unsuccessful. +. .IP "\fB--fake-proc-net\fR" Causes \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR to simulate some files in \fB/proc/net/vlan\fR and \fB/proc/net/bonding\fR that some legacy software expects to @@ -99,6 +110,12 @@ These commands manage bridges. Lists each MAC address/VLAN pair learned by the specified \fIbridge\fR, along with the port on which it was learned and the age of the entry, in seconds. +. +.IP "\fBbridge/dump-flows\fR \fIbridge\fR" +Lists all flows in \fIbridge\fR, including those normally hidden to +commands such as \fBovs-ofctl dump-flows\fR. Flows set up by mechanisms +such as in-band control and fail-open are hidden from the controller +since it is not allowed to modify or override them. .SS "BOND COMMANDS" These commands manage bonded ports on an Open vSwitch's bridges. To understand some of these commands, it is important to understand a