upcall: Configure datapath max-idle through ovs-vsctl.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / ofproto / ofproto-provider.h

diff --git a/ofproto/ofproto-provider.h b/ofproto/ofproto-provider.h
index d05adbc..d116451 100644 (file)
--- a/ofproto/ofproto-provider.h
+++ b/ofproto/ofproto-provider.h
@@ -464,6 +464,11 @@ void rule_collection_destroy(struct rule_collection *);
  * ofproto-dpif implementation. */
 extern unsigned ofproto_flow_limit;
 
+/* Maximum idle time (in ms) for flows to be cached in the datapath.
+ * Revalidators may expire flows more quickly than the configured value based
+ * on system load and other factors. This variable is subject to change. */
+extern unsigned ofproto_max_idle;
+
 /* Number of upcall handler and revalidator threads. Only affects the
  * ofproto-dpif implementation. */
 extern size_t n_handlers, n_revalidators;
@@ -937,8 +942,9 @@ struct ofproto_class {
     void (*port_reconfigured)(struct ofport *ofport,
                               enum ofputil_port_config old_config);
 
-    /* Looks up a port named 'devname' in 'ofproto'.  On success, initializes
-     * '*port' appropriately.
+    /* Looks up a port named 'devname' in 'ofproto'.  On success, returns 0 and
+     * initializes '*port' appropriately. Otherwise, returns a positive errno
+     * value.
      *
      * The caller owns the data in 'port' and must free it with
      * ofproto_port_destroy() when it is no longer needed. */