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* [PATCH net-next 00/10] net: Resilient NH groups: netdevsim, selftests
@ 2021-03-12 16:50 Petr Machata
  2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] netdevsim: fib: Introduce a lock to guard nexthop hashtable Petr Machata
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From: Petr Machata @ 2021-03-12 16:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev
  Cc: Ido Schimmel, David Ahern, David S . Miller, Jakub Kicinski,
	Petr Machata

Support for resilient next-hop groups was added in a previous patch set.
Resilient next hop groups add a layer of indirection between the SKB hash
and the next hop. Thus the hash is used to reference a hash table bucket,
which is then used to reference a particular next hop. This allows the
system more flexibility when assigning SKB hash space to next hops.
Previously, each next hop had to be assigned a continuous range of SKB hash
space. With a hash table as an intermediate layer, it is possible to
reassign next hops with a hash table bucket granularity. In turn, this
mends issues with traffic flow redirection resulting from next hop removal
or adjustments in next-hop weights.

This patch set introduces mock offloading of resilient next hop groups by
the netdevsim driver, and a suite of selftests.

- Patch #1 adds a netdevsim-specific lock to protect next-hop hashtable.
  Previously, netdevsim relied on RTNL to maintain mutual exclusion.
  Patch #2 extracts a helper to make the following patches clearer.

- Patch #3 implements the support for offloading of resilient next-hop
  groups.

- Patch #4 introduces a new debugfs interface to set activity on a selected
  next-hop bucket. This simulates how HW can periodically report bucket
  activity, and buckets thus marked are expected to be exempt from
  migration to new next hops when the group changes.

- Patches #5 and #6 clean up the fib_nexthop selftests.

- Patches #7, #8 and #9 add tests for resilient next hop groups. Patch #7
  adds resilient-hashing counterparts to fib_nexthops.sh. Patch #8 adds a
  new traffic test for resilient next-hop groups. Patch #9 adds a new
  traffic test for tunneling.

- Patch #10 actually leverages the netdevsim offload to implement a suite
  of algorithmic tests that verify how and when buckets are migrated under
  various simulated workload scenarios.

The overall plan is to contribute approximately the following patchsets:

1) Nexthop policy refactoring (already pushed)
2) Preparations for resilient next hop groups (already pushed)
3) Implementation of resilient next hop group (already pushed)
4) Netdevsim offload plus a suite of selftests (this patchset)
5) Preparations for mlxsw offload of resilient next-hop groups
6) mlxsw offload including selftests

Interested parties can look at the complete code at [2].

[1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2992
[2] https://github.com/idosch/linux/commits/submit/res_integ_v1

Ido Schimmel (9):
  netdevsim: Create a helper for setting nexthop hardware flags
  netdevsim: Add support for resilient nexthop groups
  netdevsim: Allow reporting activity on nexthop buckets
  selftests: fib_nexthops: Declutter test output
  selftests: fib_nexthops: List each test case in a different line
  selftests: fib_nexthops: Test resilient nexthop groups
  selftests: forwarding: Add resilient hashing test
  selftests: forwarding: Add resilient multipath tunneling nexthop test
  selftests: netdevsim: Add test for resilient nexthop groups offload
    API

Petr Machata (1):
  netdevsim: fib: Introduce a lock to guard nexthop hashtable

 drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c                   | 139 +++-
 .../drivers/net/netdevsim/nexthop.sh          | 620 ++++++++++++++++++
 tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh   | 549 +++++++++++++++-
 .../net/forwarding/gre_multipath_nh_res.sh    | 361 ++++++++++
 .../net/forwarding/router_mpath_nh_res.sh     | 400 +++++++++++
 5 files changed, 2059 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/gre_multipath_nh_res.sh
 create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/router_mpath_nh_res.sh

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2021-03-12 16:50 [PATCH net-next 00/10] net: Resilient NH groups: netdevsim, selftests Petr Machata
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 01/10] netdevsim: fib: Introduce a lock to guard nexthop hashtable Petr Machata
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 02/10] netdevsim: Create a helper for setting nexthop hardware flags Petr Machata
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 03/10] netdevsim: Add support for resilient nexthop groups Petr Machata
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 04/10] netdevsim: Allow reporting activity on nexthop buckets Petr Machata
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 05/10] selftests: fib_nexthops: Declutter test output Petr Machata
2021-03-14 15:29   ` David Ahern
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 06/10] selftests: fib_nexthops: List each test case in a different line Petr Machata
2021-03-14 15:30   ` David Ahern
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 07/10] selftests: fib_nexthops: Test resilient nexthop groups Petr Machata
2021-03-14 15:42   ` David Ahern
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 08/10] selftests: forwarding: Add resilient hashing test Petr Machata
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 09/10] selftests: forwarding: Add resilient multipath tunneling nexthop test Petr Machata
2021-03-12 16:50 ` [PATCH net-next 10/10] selftests: netdevsim: Add test for resilient nexthop groups offload API Petr Machata

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