[dpdk-dev] [RFC] Add RIB library

[Vladimir Medvedkin]

Moreover rte_rib_v4_node could contain app specific extension (.ext field).
For example you can implement PIC (prefix independent convergence) by
linking rte_rib_v4_node with similar next hop together and precalculate
feasible next hop for each. Something like:
struct rte_rib_pic_nh {
    struct *rte_rib_v4_node;
    uint64_t nh;
    uint64_t feasible_nh;
}
and keep that linked list's head in next hop structure.
When next hop fails you just jump from rte_rib_v4_node rte_rib_v4_node and
change next hop very fast.

2017-08-15 13:49 GMT+03:00 Vladimir Medvedkin <medvedkinv at gmail.com>:

> The advantage is in increasing control plane operations speed. I tested
> with my fullview + internal routes. It had 650030 prefixes(shuffled) with
> 1000 specific (longer /24) prefixes within 73 /24 networks. Every prefix
> had unique next hop. In this test the speed of inserting new routes was
> increased 70 times against current LPM. This was achieved due to
> 1. keeping routes in a trie structure instead of array (no need to get
> free room for rule)
> 2. avoid unnecessary reads in tbl24 (checking for .depth). Thanks to
> rte_rib_v4_get_next_child() (that is reverse order traversal without
> recursion) you can get all more specific prefixes inside your target prefix
> (you want to add/del), so you can get all ranges between that more
> specifics and write next hop unconditionally to tbl24 and tbl8.
>
> 2017-08-15 11:23 GMT+03:00 Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 01:28:26AM +0300, Vladimir Medvedkin wrote:
>> > 2017-08-14 13:51 GMT+03:00 Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com
>> >:
>> >
>> > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 07:33:04PM +0000, Medvedkin Vladimir wrote:
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > I want to introduce new library for ip routing lookup that have some
>> > > advantages
>> > > > over current LPM library. In short:
>> > > >      - Increases the speed of control plane operations against lpm
>> such
>> > > as
>> > > >        adding/deleting routes
>> > > >      - Adds abstraction from dataplane algorythms, so it is
>> possible to
>> > > add
>> > > >        different ip route lookup algorythms such as
>> > > DXR/poptrie/lpc-trie/etc
>> > > >        in addition to current dir24_8
>> > > >      - It is possible to keep user defined application specific
>> > > additional
>> > > >        information in struct rte_rib_v4_node which represents route
>> > > entry.
>> > > >        It can be next hop/set of next hops (i.e. active and
>> feasible),
>> > > >        pointers to link rte_rib_v4_node based on some criteria (i.e.
>> > > next_hop),
>> > > >        plenty of additional control plane information.
>> > > >      - For dir24_8 implementation it is possible to remove
>> > > rte_lpm_tbl_entry.depth
>> > > >        field that helps to save 6 bits.
>> > > >      - Also new dir24_8 implementation supports different next_hop
>> sizes
>> > > >        (1/2/4/8 bytes per next hop)
>> > > >
>> > > > It would be nice to hear your opinion. The draft is below.
>> > > >
>> > > > Medvedkin Vladimir (1):
>> > > >   lib/rib: Add Routing Information Base library
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > On reading this patch and then having discussion with you offline, it
>> > > appears there are two major new elements in this patchset:
>> > >
>> > > 1. a re-implementation of LPM, with the major advantage of having a
>> > > flexible data-size
>> > > 2. a separate control plane structure that is designed to fit on top
>> off
>> > > possibly multiple lookup structures for the data plane
>> > >
>> > > Is this correct?
>> > >
>> > Correct
>> >
>> > >
>> > > For the first part, I don't think we should carry about two separate
>> LPM
>> > > implementations, but rather look to take the improvements in your
>> > > version back into the existing lib. [Or else replace the existing one,
>> > > but I prefer pulling the new stuff into it, so as to keep backward
>> > > compatibility]
>> > >
>> >
>> > > For the second part, perhaps you could expand a bit more on the
>> thought
>> > > here, and explain what all different data plane implementations would
>> > > fit under it. Would, for instance a hash-lookup work? In that case,
>> what
>> > > would the data plane APIs be, and the control plane ones.
>> > >
>> >
>> >  I'm not sure for _all_ data plane implementations, but from my point of
>> > view compressed prefix trie (rte_rib structure) could be useful at least
>> > for dir24_8, dxr, bitmap handling. Concerning to hash lookup, it
>> depends on
>> > algorithm (array of hash tables indexed by mask length, unrolling
>> prefix to
>> > number of /32).
>> > Perhaps it is better to waive the abstraction and make LPM as primary
>> > struct that keeps rte_rib inside (instead of rules_tbl[ ]).
>> > In that case rte_rib becomes side structure and it's API only for
>> working
>> > with a trie. LPM's API remains the same (except next_hop size and LPM
>> > creation).
>> >
>> >
>> What is the advantage of using the rte_rib for control plane access over
>> the existing rules table structure. Are not the basic operations needed
>> for adding/removing/looking-up rules supported by both?
>>
>> /Bruce
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Vladimir
>



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Regards,
Vladimir