Avoid system calls and other “long” interruptions in the datapath, i.e. PMD threads.
Sent patch upstream to DPDK to add the OVS requirements: https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=28022
We have another OVS patch that is part of this feature: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openvswitch/patch/168597229126.1652700.11280515282374459957.stgit@ebuild/ Also, the DPDK patch was excepted, and will be available in the next DPDK release: https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=27626