[ovs-discuss] in-kernel flow table in the datapath

[Justin Pettit]

On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Sridhar Samudrala wrote:

> But they get expired within a few secs. What is the timeout period?

Kernel flows typically expire five seconds after being idle.  (It may be shorter if under load.)

> Is it possible to make the in-kernel flow table entries permanent
> until they are deleted with any other options?

No, that behavior is baked into ovs-vswitchd.

--Justin