[Bridge] [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add a new bpf helper for FDB lookup

2020-08-10 Thread Yoshiki Komachi
This series adds a new bpf helper for doing FDB lookup in the kernel tables from XDP programs. This helps users to accelerate Linux bridge with XDP. In the past, XDP generally required users to reimplement their own networking functionalities with specific manners of BPF programming by themselves,

Re: [Bridge] [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add a new bpf helper for FDB lookup

2020-08-05 Thread David Ahern
On 8/5/20 4:26 AM, Yoshiki Komachi wrote: >> >> Just to clarify for myself. I expect that with just the helpers here >> we should only expect static configurations to work, e.g. any learning >> and/or aging is not likely to work if we do redirects in the XDP path. > > As you described above, learn

Re: [Bridge] [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add a new bpf helper for FDB lookup

2020-08-10 Thread Yoshiki Komachi
> 2020/08/06 1:36、David Ahern のメール: > > On 8/5/20 4:26 AM, Yoshiki Komachi wrote: >>> >>> Just to clarify for myself. I expect that with just the helpers here >>> we should only expect static configurations to work, e.g. any learning >>> and/or aging is not likely to work if we do redirects in

Re: [Bridge] [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add a new bpf helper for FDB lookup

2020-08-10 Thread Yoshiki Komachi
Thanks for giving me a lot of comments! Find my response below, please. > 2020/08/01 6:52、John Fastabend のメール: > > Yoshiki Komachi wrote: >> This series adds a new bpf helper for doing FDB lookup in the kernel >> tables from XDP programs. This helps users to accelerate Linux bridge >> with XDP. >

Re: [Bridge] [RFC PATCH bpf-next 0/3] Add a new bpf helper for FDB lookup

2020-08-10 Thread John Fastabend
Yoshiki Komachi wrote: > This series adds a new bpf helper for doing FDB lookup in the kernel > tables from XDP programs. This helps users to accelerate Linux bridge > with XDP. > > In the past, XDP generally required users to reimplement their own > networking functionalities with specific manner