On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 10:32:23AM +0200, Grzegorz wrote: > We want to make some OSV code modification in order to obtain fuctionality > desribed in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.07993.pdf > Strictly speaking wa want to implement the part related to Figure 4 on page > 10. In shortcut, the proposed mechanism uses 2 flow tables (Detailed and > Coarse Flow Table, DTF and CFT). The first stores exact 5-tuple match, when > the latter cotains match based on only destination network. When a flow is > missed in DFT, the second table is looked up. When the match is found in > CFT, a packated is proccessed according to this much and simultaneously > switch prepares a new match based on this packet 5-tuple and acctions > copied from CFT. Such flow is inserted by switch into DFT itself.
This sounds like what OVS already does with its multiple layers of caches, or possibly with connection tracking. What's new about your design? _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss
