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* [PATCH net-next 0/2] mlxsw: Alter trap adjacency entry allocation scheme
@ 2021-09-22  7:36 Ido Schimmel
  2021-09-22  7:36 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Add trap adjacency entry upon first nexthop group Ido Schimmel
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From: Ido Schimmel @ 2021-09-22  7:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: davem, kuba, jiri, mlxsw, Ido Schimmel

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>

In commit 0c3cbbf96def ("mlxsw: Add specific trap for packets routed via
invalid nexthops"), mlxsw started allocating a new adjacency entry
during driver initialization, to trap packets routed via invalid
nexthops.

This behavior was later altered in commit 983db6198f0d ("mlxsw:
spectrum_router: Allocate discard adjacency entry when needed") to only
allocate the entry upon the first route that requires it. The motivation
for the change is explained in the commit message.

The problem with the current behavior is that the entry shows up as a
"leak" in a new BPF resource monitoring tool [1]. This is caused by the
asymmetry of the allocation/free scheme. While the entry is allocated
upon the first route that requires it, it is only freed during
de-initialization of the driver.

Instead, this patchset tracks the number of active nexthop groups and
allocates the adjacency entry upon the creation of the first group. The
entry is freed when the number of active groups reaches zero.

Patch #1 adds the new entry.

Patch #2 converts mlxsw to start using the new entry and removes the old
one.

[1] https://github.com/Mellanox/mlxsw/tree/master/Debugging/libbpf-tools/resmon

Ido Schimmel (2):
  mlxsw: spectrum_router: Add trap adjacency entry upon first nexthop
    group
  mlxsw: spectrum_router: Start using new trap adjacency entry

 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c | 129 +++++++++++-------
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.h |   4 +-
 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)

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2.31.1


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