What is packet recirculation and what do the packet recirculation counters stand for in ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show?
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What is packet recirculation and what do the packet recirculation counters stand for in ovs-appctl dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show?
ovs-appctl_dpif-netdev/pmd-stats-show
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pmd thread numa_id 0 core_id 2:
packets received: 1372340779961
packet recirculations: 1372340779912
avg. datapath passes per packet: 2.00
emc hits: 1224087880594
smc hits: 0
megaflow hits: 1520402526317
avg. subtable lookups per megaflow hit: 1.52
miss with success upcall: 191152888
miss with failed upcall: 72
avg. packets per output batch: 2.60
idle cycles: 31692366187780014 (90.40%)
processing cycles: 3365341446689704 (9.60%)
avg cycles per packet: 25545.92 (35057707634469718/1372340779961)
avg processing cycles per packet: 2452.26 (3365341446689704/1372340779961)
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Environment
Open vSwitch
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