[PATCH] lib/gro: use hash function for flow lookup

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed,  1 Jan 2025 15:07:35 +0530
Kumara Parameshwaran <kumaraparamesh92 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Kumara Parameshwaran <kumaraparamesh92 at gmail.com>
> To: hujiayu.hu at foxmail.com
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org,  Kumara Parameshwaran <kumaraparamesh92 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] lib/gro: use hash function for flow lookup
> Date: Wed,  1 Jan 2025 15:07:35 +0530
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> optimize the GRO lookup using hash based
> implementation
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kumara Parameshwaran <kumaraparamesh92 at gmail.com>

Rather than open coding a hash table with collision chains, please use the
existing DPDK cuckoo hash which is faster and you can also prevent hash
DoS chain attacks.


Alternatively, use a better hash function such as siphash which is resistent
to DoS attacks.