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Petr Machata says:
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mlxsw: Control the order of blocks in ACL region
Amit Cohen writes:
For 12 key blocks in the A-TCAM, rules are split into two records, which
constitute two lookups. The two records are linked using a
"large entry key ID".
Due to a Spectrum-4 hardware issue, KVD entries that correspond to key
blocks 0 to 5 of 12 key blocks will be placed in the same KVD pipe if they
only differ in their "large entry key ID", as it is ignored. This results
in a reduced scale, we can insert less than 20k filters and get an error:
$ tc -b flower.batch
RTNETLINK answers: Input/output error
We have an error talking to the kernel
To reduce the probability of this issue, we can place key blocks with
high entropy in blocks 0 to 5. The idea is to place blocks that are often
changed in blocks 0 to 5, for example, key blocks that match on IPv4
addresses or the LSBs of IPv6 addresses. Such placement will reduce the
probability of these blocks to be same.
Mark several blocks with 'high_entropy' flag and place them in blocks 0
to 5. Note that the list of the blocks is just a suggestion, I will verify
it with architects.
Currently, there is a one loop that chooses which blocks should be used
for a given list of elements and fills the blocks - when a block is
chosen, it fills it in the region. To be able to control the order of
the blocks, separate between searching blocks and filling them. Several
pre-changes are required.
Patch set overview:
Patch #1 marks several blocks with 'high_entropy' flag.
Patches #2-#4 prepare the code for filling blocks at the end of the search.
Patch #5 changes the loop to just choose the blocks and fill the blocks at
the end.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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