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Ariel Levkovich says: ==================== TC datapath hash api Hash based packet classification allows user to set up rules that provide load balancing of traffic across multiple vports and for ECMP path selection while keeping the number of rule at minimum. Instead of matching on exact flow spec, which requires a rule per flow, user can define rules based on a their hash value and distribute the flows to different buckets. The number of rules in this case will be constant and equal to the number of buckets. The series introduces an extention to the cls flower classifier and allows user to add rules that match on the hash value that is stored in skb->hash while assuming the value was set prior to the classification. Setting the skb->hash can be done in various ways and is not defined in this series - for example: 1. By the device driver upon processing an rx packet. 2. Using tc action bpf with a program which computes and sets the skb->hash value. $ tc filter add dev ens1f0_0 ingress \ prio 1 chain 2 proto ip \ flower hash 0x0/0xf \ action mirred egress redirect dev ens1f0_1 $ tc filter add dev ens1f0_0 ingress \ prio 1 chain 2 proto ip \ flower hash 0x1/0xf \ action mirred egress redirect dev ens1f0_2 v3 -> v4: *Drop hash setting code leaving only the classidication parts. Setting the hash will be possible via existing tc action bpf. v2 -> v3: *Split hash algorithm option into 2 different actions. Asym_l4 available via act_skbedit and bpf via new act_hash. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.