On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:56:17AM -0800, Jarno Rajahalme wrote: > This patch adds a new functions classifier_defer() and > classifier_publish(), which control when the classifier modifications > are made available to lookups. By default, all modifications are made > available to lookups immediately. Modifications made after a > classifier_defer() call MAY be 'deferred' for later 'publication'. A > call to classifier_publish() will both publish any deferred > modifications, and cause subsequent changes to to be published > immediately. > > Currently any deferring is limited to the visibility of the subtable > vector changes. pvector now processes modifications mostly in a > working copy, which needs to be explicitly published with > pvector_publish(). pvector_publish() sorts the working copy and > removes gaps before publishing it. > > This change helps avoiding O(n**2) memory behavior in corner cases, > where large number of rules with different masks are inserted or > deleted. > > VMware-BZ: #1322017 > Signed-off-by: Jarno Rajahalme <jrajaha...@nicira.com> > Summary:
I don't know of a "Summary:" tag. I think that pvector.h deserves at least a brief comment describing the two different copies. Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
