to <code>false</code> (or remove it entirely from the database).
</li>
</ol>
+ <p>
+ The <code>ovs-ctl</code>'s ``restart'' and ``force-reload-kmod''
+ functions use the above config option during hot upgrades.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="flow-eviction-threshold"
+ type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 0}'>
+ <p>
+ A number of flows as a nonnegative integer. This sets number of
+ flows at which eviction from the datapath flow table will be
+ triggered. If there are a large number of flows then increasing this
+ value to around the number of flows present can result in reduced CPU
+ usage and packet loss.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The default is 2500. Values below 100 will be rounded up to 100.
+ </p>
+ </column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="force-miss-model">
+ <p>
+ Specifies userspace behaviour for handling flow misses. This takes
+ precedence over flow-eviction-threshold.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <dl>
+ <dt><code>auto</code></dt>
+ <dd>Handle automatically based on the flow-eviction-threshold and
+ the flow setup governer (default, recommended).</dd>
+ <dt><code>with-facets</code></dt>
+ <dd>Always create facets. Expensive kernel flow creation and
+ statistics tracking is always performed, even on flows with only
+ a small number of packets.</dd>
+ <dt><code>without-facets</code></dt>
+ <dd>Always handle without facets. Forces flow misses to be handled
+ in userspace. May cause an increase in CPU usage and packet loss
+ on high throughput.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </p>
</column>
</group>
datapath ID.
</column>
- <column name="other_config" key="flow-eviction-threshold"
- type='{"type": "integer", "minInteger": 0}'>
- <p>
- A number of flows as a nonnegative integer. This sets number of
- flows at which eviction from the kernel flow table will be triggered.
- If there are a large number of flows then increasing this value to
- around the number of flows present can result in reduced CPU usage
- and packet loss.
- </p>
- <p>
- The default is 1000. Values below 100 will be rounded up to 100.
- </p>
- </column>
-
<column name="other_config" key="forward-bpdu"
type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
Option to allow forwarding of BPDU frames when NORMAL action is