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List:       openvswitch-discuss
Subject:    [ovs-discuss] ovs data structure
From:       blp () nicira ! com (Ben Pfaff)
Date:       2014-07-28 22:29:01
Message-ID: 20140728222901.GF10403 () nicira ! com
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 03:16:20PM -0700, Bo Hu wrote:
> I have a question about the data structure of the flow entries saving in
> OVS. I install several flow entries in ascending priority, however, when I
> want to get these flow entries, I find that the order of the reply seems
> randomly. Is the installation of flow entries also randomly in the data
> structure? I feel so confused.

OVS stores flows in a collection of hash tables, which have no
inherently predictable order.

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