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[ovs-dev,3/5] ovn-controller: Support VXLAN enapsulation.

Message ID 20151015201156.GD9615@nicira.com
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Ben Pfaff Oct. 15, 2015, 8:11 p.m. UTC 
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 01:54:58AM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>

It looks like physical_run() will now iterate through every row in the
Port_Binding table for each VXLAN tunnel.  That seems expensive.

Here's a suggested documentation update.


Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>

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Justin Pettit Oct. 16, 2015, 7:53 a.m. UTC | #1 
> On Oct 15, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 01:54:58AM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com>
> 
> It looks like physical_run() will now iterate through every row in the
> Port_Binding table for each VXLAN tunnel.  That seems expensive.

I agree it's not ideal.  I've made a note to myself to look at that after we get through this functionality push.

> Here's a suggested documentation update.
> ...

Great suggestion.  I applied it with a small typo correction.

--Justin
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diff --git a/ovn/ovn-architecture.7.xml b/ovn/ovn-architecture.7.xml
index 47dfc2a..7898f21 100644
--- a/ovn/ovn-architecture.7.xml
+++ b/ovn/ovn-architecture.7.xml
@@ -634,24 +634,39 @@ 
 
     <dt>logical input port field</dt>
     <dd>
-      A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet
-      entered the logical datapath.
-      <!-- Keep the following in sync with MFF_LOG_INPORT in
-           ovn/controller/lflow.h. -->
-      OVN stores this in Nicira extension register number 6.  (This field is
-      passed across tunnels as part of the tunnel key.)
+      <p>
+        A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet
+        entered the logical datapath.
+        <!-- Keep the following in sync with MFF_LOG_INPORT in
+             ovn/controller/lflow.h. -->
+        OVN stores this in Nicira extension register number 6.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        Geneve and STT tunnel pass this field as part of the tunnel key.
+        Although VXLAN tunnels do not explicitly carry a logical input port,
+        OVN only uses VXLAN to communicate with gateways that from OVN's
+        perspective consist of only a single logical port, so that OVN can set
+        the logical input port field to this one on ingress to the OVN logical
+        pipeline.
+      </p>
     </dd>
 
     <dt>logical output port field</dt>
     <dd>
-      A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet will
-      leave the logical datapath.  This is initialized to 0 at the
-      beginning of the logical ingress pipeline.
-      <!-- Keep the following in sync with MFF_LOG_OUTPORT in
-           ovn/controller/lflow.h. -->
-      OVN stores this in
-      Nicira extension register number 7.  (This field is passed across
-      tunnels as part of the tunnel key.)
+      <p>
+        A field that denotes the logical port from which the packet will
+        leave the logical datapath.  This is initialized to 0 at the
+        beginning of the logical ingress pipeline.
+        <!-- Keep the following in sync with MFF_LOG_OUTPORT in
+             ovn/controller/lflow.h. -->
+        OVN stores this in Nicira extension register number 7.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>
+        Geneve and STT tunnels pass this field as part of the tunnel key.
+        VXLAN tunnels do not transmit the logical output port field.
+      </p>
     </dd>
 
     <dt>VLAN ID</dt>