OVS Revalidator and handler threads config

OVS revalidator hanlder threads are not contained to limited cores.
This patch will enable them to be configured in puppet vswitch module

Change-Id: I576b00bb28d0d531eb91a856632a7b5afe552f43
Closes-Bug: #1822571

manifests/dpdk.pp

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 # [*disable_emc*]
 #   (optional) Configure OVS to disable EMC.
 #
+# [*revalidator_cores*]
+#   (Optional) Number of cores to be used for OVS Revalidator threads.
+#
+# [*handler_cores*]
+#   (Optional) Number of cores to be used for OVS handler threads.
+#
 # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
 #
 # [*driver_type*]
@@ -40,14 +46,16 @@
 #   This parameter is required only for OVS versions <= 2.5.
 #
 class vswitch::dpdk (
-  $memory_channels    = undef,
-  $host_core_list     = undef,
-  $package_ensure     = 'present',
-  $pmd_core_list      = undef,
-  $socket_mem         = undef,
-  $disable_emc        = false,
+  $memory_channels       = undef,
+  $host_core_list        = undef,
+  $package_ensure        = 'present',
+  $pmd_core_list         = undef,
+  $socket_mem            = undef,
+  $disable_emc           = false,
+  $revalidator_cores     = undef,
+  $handler_cores         = undef,
   # DEPRECATED PARAMETERS
-  $driver_type        = 'vfio-pci',
+  $driver_type           = 'vfio-pci',
 ) {
 
   include ::vswitch::params
@@ -65,7 +73,6 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
 
   $pmd_core_mask = range_to_mask($pmd_core_list)
   $dpdk_lcore_mask = range_to_mask($host_core_list)
-
   if $memory_channels and !empty($memory_channels) {
     $memory_channels_conf = "-n ${memory_channels}"
   }
@@ -74,10 +81,12 @@ class vswitch::dpdk (
   }
 
   $dpdk_configs = {
-    'other_config:dpdk-extra'      => { value => $memory_channels_conf},
-    'other_config:dpdk-socket-mem' => { value => $socket_mem},
-    'other_config:dpdk-lcore-mask' => { value => $dpdk_lcore_mask},
-    'other_config:pmd-cpu-mask'    => { value => $pmd_core_mask},
+    'other_config:dpdk-extra'            => { value => $memory_channels_conf},
+    'other_config:dpdk-socket-mem'       => { value => $socket_mem},
+    'other_config:dpdk-lcore-mask'       => { value => $dpdk_lcore_mask},
+    'other_config:pmd-cpu-mask'          => { value => $pmd_core_mask},
+    'other_config:n-revalidator-threads' => { value => $revalidator_cores},
+    'other_config:n-handler-threads'     => { value => $handler_cores},
   }
 
   $dpdk_dependencies = {

releasenotes/notes/ovs-revalidator-handler-threads.yaml-12907a70b68e178c.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Introduced two new parameters revalidator_cores and handler_cores to set values of n-revalidator-threads and n-handler-threads on openvswitch.