Re: fib{,6}: questions and proposals

Hi Robin, Apologies for the delayed response On 19/03/2024 20:38, Robin Jarry wrote: Hi Vladimir, Medvedkin, Vladimir, Mar 19, 2024 at 18:16: > 2) Is it OK/safe to modify a fib from a control thread (read/write) >    while it is used by data path threads (read only)? This part is a bit more

RE: fib{,6}: questions and proposals

> From: Robin Jarry [mailto:rja...@redhat.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2024 21.39 > > Hi Vladimir, > > Medvedkin, Vladimir, Mar 19, 2024 at 18:16: [...] > > > 4) In rte_fib, every IPv4 address (route *and* next hop) needs to be > > >in host order. This is not consistent with fib6 where ad

Re: fib{,6}: questions and proposals

Hi Vladimir, Medvedkin, Vladimir, Mar 19, 2024 at 18:16: > 2) Is it OK/safe to modify a fib from a control thread (read/write) >while it is used by data path threads (read only)? This part is a bit more complicated. In practice, I would say yes, however, there is a possibility that if the

Re: fib{,6}: questions and proposals

Hi Robin, On 19/03/2024 08:30, Robin Jarry wrote: Hi Vladimir, I have been using rte_fib for a while and stumbled upon a few quirks. I was wondering if you would answer some questions: 1) Is it OK/safe to share the same fib to perform route lookups from   multiple lcores in parallel? So far