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openvswitch: Move flow table rehashing to flow install.
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Rehashing in ovs-workqueue can cause ovs-mutex lock contentions
in case of heavy flow setups where both needs ovs-mutex.  So by
moving rehashing to flow-setup we can eliminate contention.
This also simplify ovs locking and reduces dependence on
workqueue.

Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
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Pravin B Shelar authored and Jesse Gross committed Sep 17, 2013
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50 changes: 11 additions & 39 deletions net/openvswitch/datapath.c
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#define REHASH_FLOW_INTERVAL (10 * 60 * HZ)
static void rehash_flow_table(struct work_struct *work);
static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(rehash_flow_wq, rehash_flow_table);

int ovs_net_id __read_mostly;

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/* Check if this is a duplicate flow */
flow = ovs_flow_lookup(table, &key);
if (!flow) {
struct flow_table *new_table = NULL;
struct sw_flow_mask *mask_p;

/* Bail out if we're not allowed to create a new flow. */
error = -ENOENT;
if (info->genlhdr->cmd == OVS_FLOW_CMD_SET)
goto err_unlock_ovs;

/* Expand table, if necessary, to make room. */
if (ovs_flow_tbl_need_to_expand(table)) {
struct flow_table *new_table;

if (ovs_flow_tbl_need_to_expand(table))
new_table = ovs_flow_tbl_expand(table);
if (!IS_ERR(new_table)) {
rcu_assign_pointer(dp->table, new_table);
ovs_flow_tbl_destroy(table, true);
table = ovsl_dereference(dp->table);
}
else if (time_after(jiffies, dp->last_rehash + REHASH_FLOW_INTERVAL))
new_table = ovs_flow_tbl_rehash(table);

if (new_table && !IS_ERR(new_table)) {
rcu_assign_pointer(dp->table, new_table);
ovs_flow_tbl_destroy(table, true);
table = ovsl_dereference(dp->table);
dp->last_rehash = jiffies;
}

/* Allocate flow. */
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return err;
}

static void rehash_flow_table(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct datapath *dp;
struct net *net;

ovs_lock();
rtnl_lock();
for_each_net(net) {
struct ovs_net *ovs_net = net_generic(net, ovs_net_id);

list_for_each_entry(dp, &ovs_net->dps, list_node) {
struct flow_table *old_table = ovsl_dereference(dp->table);
struct flow_table *new_table;

new_table = ovs_flow_tbl_rehash(old_table);
if (!IS_ERR(new_table)) {
rcu_assign_pointer(dp->table, new_table);
ovs_flow_tbl_destroy(old_table, true);
}
}
}
rtnl_unlock();
ovs_unlock();
schedule_delayed_work(&rehash_flow_wq, REHASH_FLOW_INTERVAL);
}

static int __net_init ovs_init_net(struct net *net)
{
struct ovs_net *ovs_net = net_generic(net, ovs_net_id);
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if (err < 0)
goto error_unreg_notifier;

schedule_delayed_work(&rehash_flow_wq, REHASH_FLOW_INTERVAL);

return 0;

error_unreg_notifier:
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static void dp_cleanup(void)
{
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&rehash_flow_wq);
dp_unregister_genl(ARRAY_SIZE(dp_genl_families));
unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ovs_dp_device_notifier);
unregister_pernet_device(&ovs_net_ops);
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions net/openvswitch/datapath.h
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Expand Up @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct dp_stats_percpu {
* ovs_mutex and RCU.
* @stats_percpu: Per-CPU datapath statistics.
* @net: Reference to net namespace.
* @last_rehash: Timestamp of last rehash.
*
* Context: See the comment on locking at the top of datapath.c for additional
* locking information.
Expand All @@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ struct datapath {
/* Network namespace ref. */
struct net *net;
#endif
unsigned long last_rehash;
};

/**
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