Re: [ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-25 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 06:22:59PM +, Daniele Di Proietto wrote: > Fair point, I guess this looks more like a bug fix than a new features. > > After discussing offline with Ben and having another set of eyes on > the changes I backported this to branch-2.5. Thanks guys! fbl > > Thanks, >

Re: [ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-25 Thread Vinod, Chegu
Thanks Daniele ! Vinod -Original Message- From: Daniele Di Proietto [mailto:diproiet...@vmware.com] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 11:23 AM To: Loftus, Ciara ; Vinod, Chegu ; Flavio Leitner Cc: kris...@redhat.com; ovs-dev ; Phillips, John ; Ben Pfaff Subject: Re: Backport Request: dpif-

Re: [ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-25 Thread Daniele Di Proietto
Fair point, I guess this looks more like a bug fix than a new features. After discussing offline with Ben and having another set of eyes on the changes I backported this to branch-2.5. Thanks, Daniele On 25/07/2016 02:29, "Loftus, Ciara" wrote: >> >> Thanks Flavio for checking and Daniel f

Re: [ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-25 Thread Loftus, Ciara
> > Thanks Flavio for checking and Daniel for your consideration. > Indeed the issue exists in 2.5 branch. > > We are treating this more in the bucket of a performance bug fix than a > feature. > > Any specific testing that you would like to see run to help reduce > your concern related to chang

Re: [ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-22 Thread Flavio Leitner
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:48:40PM +, Daniele Di Proietto wrote: > I'm not sure I'm 100% comfortable back porting this to branch-2.5 > > I see the change more as a feature rather than a bugfix. > > Also it touches some core modules (seq and rcu) in a non trivial way. > > > What do you guys

Re: [ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-22 Thread Vinod, Chegu
Thanks Flavio for checking and Daniel for your consideration. Indeed the issue exists in 2.5 branch. We are treating this more in the bucket of a performance bug fix than a feature. Any specific testing that you would like to see run to help reduce your concern related to changes to the core m

Re: [ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-22 Thread Daniele Di Proietto
I'm not sure I'm 100% comfortable back porting this to branch-2.5 I see the change more as a feature rather than a bugfix. Also it touches some core modules (seq and rcu) in a non trivial way. What do you guys think? Thanks, Daniele On 22/07/2016 15:03, "Flavio Leitner" wrote: >(adding ovs

[ovs-dev] Backport Request: dpif-netdev: Remove PMD latency on seq_mutex

2016-07-22 Thread Flavio Leitner
(adding ovs-dev mailing list and more people interesting on the backport to CC) On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 05:31:52AM +, Vinod, Chegu wrote: > Hi Flavio, Karl, > > Is there a version of the following fix available that is compatible with OVS > 2.5? > > https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit