datapath: An expanded table should be larger than its predecessor
authorSimon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:52:44 +0000 (15:52 +0900)
committerJesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:15:16 +0000 (09:15 -0700)
commit1b3a91b5a35e6ffdc85ec373896532d266a6b795
treec82bd76a1c8c66b22956c86b93262dba961ddb68
parent643c0c3491764075e8b21239fd88a2bdae4b8417
datapath: An expanded table should be larger than its predecessor

This resolves what appears to be a think-o in tbl_expand()

* Old Logic: Always create tables with TBL_MIN_BUCKETS buckets
* New Logic: Create tables twice as big as their predecessor

When sending 10,000 flows through ovs-vswitchd:
* Old Logic: CPU bound in tbl_lookup(), significant packet loss
* New Logic: ~10% of one core used, negligible packet loss

Tested with an Intel E5520 @ 2.27GHz,
flows from an ethernet device to to a dummy interface with
no address configured.

Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
datapath/table.c