From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
To: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, stephen@networkplumber.org
Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v4 0/6] ip: nexthop: Support resilient groups
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:07:15 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c24997ef-92cd-a7c8-3d6a-36334567b622@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1615985531.git.petrm@nvidia.com>
On 3/17/21 6:54 AM, Petr Machata wrote:
> Support for resilient next-hop groups was recently accepted to Linux
> kernel[1]. 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.
>
> In this patch set, introduce support for resilient next-hop groups to
> iproute2.
>
applied to iproute2-next. Thanks,
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-19 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-17 12:54 [PATCH iproute2-next v4 0/6] ip: nexthop: Support resilient groups Petr Machata
2021-03-17 12:54 ` [PATCH iproute2-next v4 1/6] nexthop: Synchronize uAPI files Petr Machata
2021-03-17 12:54 ` [PATCH iproute2-next v4 2/6] json_print: Add print_tv() Petr Machata
2021-03-17 12:54 ` [PATCH iproute2-next v4 3/6] nexthop: Extract a helper to parse a NH ID Petr Machata
2021-03-17 12:54 ` [PATCH iproute2-next v4 4/6] nexthop: Add ability to specify group type Petr Machata
2021-03-17 12:54 ` [PATCH iproute2-next v4 5/6] nexthop: Add support for resilient nexthop groups Petr Machata
2021-03-17 12:54 ` [PATCH iproute2-next v4 6/6] nexthop: Add support for nexthop buckets Petr Machata
2021-03-19 15:07 ` David Ahern [this message]
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