[ovs-dev] OVS performance with Kernel Datapath of Linux upstream vs Linux OVS tree.

2017-04-12 Thread Kapil Adhikesavalu
Hi, Is there any performance difference with using the OVS kernel Datapath available part of Linux upstream Vs the module built from Linux OVS tree. So far i have been using the DP part of the Linux upstream and as NAT feature requires Linux version 4.6, i plan to switch to DP module built from O

Re: [ovs-dev] OVS performance with Kernel Datapath of Linux upstream vs Linux OVS tree.

2017-04-12 Thread Jarno Rajahalme
> On Apr 12, 2017, at 12:49 AM, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there any performance difference with using the OVS kernel Datapath > available part of Linux upstream Vs the module built from Linux OVS tree. > OVS tree kernel module has an Exact Match Cache, which generally improves

Re: [ovs-dev] OVS performance with Kernel Datapath of Linux upstream vs Linux OVS tree.

2017-04-12 Thread Kapil Adhikesavalu
Hi Jarno, That's great! Thanks for the clarification. So, if anything it should only improve the performance when I move to OVS tree kernel module. On Thu, 13 Apr 2017, 1:05 AM Jarno Rajahalme, wrote: > > > On Apr 12, 2017, at 12:49 AM, Kapil Adhikesavalu > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Is there

Re: [ovs-dev] OVS performance with Kernel Datapath of Linux upstream vs Linux OVS tree.

2017-04-13 Thread Jarno Rajahalme
> On Apr 12, 2017, at 9:00 PM, Kapil Adhikesavalu wrote: > > Hi Jarno, > > That's great! Thanks for the clarification. So, if anything it should only > improve the performance when I move to OVS tree kernel module. > > Yes, assuming you will be using a recent OVS release rather than an old

Re: [ovs-dev] OVS performance with Kernel Datapath of Linux upstream vs Linux OVS tree.

2017-04-13 Thread Kapil Adhikesavalu
Thanks Jarno! On Fri, 14 Apr 2017, 2:53 AM Jarno Rajahalme, wrote: > On Apr 12, 2017, at 9:00 PM, Kapil Adhikesavalu > wrote: > > Hi Jarno, > > That's great! Thanks for the clarification. So, if anything it should only > improve the performance when I move to OVS tree kernel module. > > > Yes,