[dpdk-dev] [ 2nd try ] Lookup mechanim in DPDK HASH table.

[Venkateswara Rao Thummala]

Hi Avinash,

I think, you can use the same table by just updating the packet meta data
based on the Look UP.
In the first lookup, you can populate the meta data [key offset] with the
source MAC and in the second lookup, you can populate the same meta data
with the destination lookup. I think this should work.

Thanks
Venkat
OneHop Networks

On 17 August 2015 at 22:05, Yeddula, Avinash <ayeddula at ciena.com> wrote:

> + Mike ( My team mate)
> Hi Jasvinder, It's not a bidirectional packet flow. The pipeline looks
> something like this.
>
> Ingress port-----Table 1 ----Table-2 ----- Mac_Table ----- Table4 ----
> Egress port.
>
> Before the frame goes reaches table 4, we do 2 lookups at the mac table.
> 1. src lookup ( To learn the MAC on the bridge)
> 2. dst lookup ( Flooding if dst MAC look up fails else Unicast/forward if
> dst lookup success).
>
> Here are the keys we are using.
> Src lookup key  -  Src MAC (src MAC in the frame) + Bridge ID ( Bridge on
> which it arrived).
> Dst lookup key  - Dst MAC (dst MAC in the frame) + Bridge ID ( Bridge on
> which it arrived)
>
>
> Thanks
> -Avinash
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Singh, Jasvinder [mailto:jasvinder.singh at intel.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 7:00 AM
> To: Richardson, Bruce; Yeddula, Avinash
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [ 2nd try ] Lookup mechanim in DPDK HASH table.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson
> > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 10:25 AM
> > To: Yeddula, Avinash
> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [ 2nd try ] Lookup mechanim in DPDK HASH table.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 05:37:21PM -0400, Yeddula, Avinash wrote:
> > > Any comments on this question ?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -Avinash
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Yeddula,
> > > Avinash
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 3:04 PM
> > > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] Lookup mechanim in DPDK HASH table.
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I'm using DPDK extendable hash tables. This question is with respect
> > > to the
> > lookup aspect of the hash table.
> > > I see that there is just one "t->key_offset" that is pre-defined for
> > > the hash
> > table. I also understand that the frame needs to carry the "lookup_key
> > / keys" in the meta data.
> > >
> > > Here is my question:  How to support more than one lookup with
> > > different
> > keys on the same frame on the same table.
> > > Use case: Src mac  lookup and dst mac lookup on the same mac table.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -Avinash
> >
> > Just to confirm: this is using the extensible bucket hash in the
> > rte_table library of packet framework, rather than the standalone
> > rte_hash library, right?
> >
> > /Bruce
>
> Could you share detail on the two different keys used for lookups. In case
> if you are considering bidirectional packet flow between the source and
> destination, symmetric hash can be used-
> http://www.ndsl.kaist.edu/~kyoungsoo/papers/TR-symRSS.pdf
>
> Jasvinder
>