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xfrm: cache bundles instead of policies for outgoing flows

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__xfrm_lookup() is called for each packet transmitted out of
system. The xfrm_find_bundle() does a linear search which can
kill system performance depending on how many bundles are
required per policy.

This modifies __xfrm_lookup() to store bundles directly in
the flow cache. If we did not get a hit, we just create a new
bundle instead of doing slow search. This means that we can now
get multiple xfrm_dst's for same flow (on per-cpu basis).

Signed-off-by: Timo Teras <timo.teras@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Timo Teräs
2010-04-07 00:30:05 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent fe1a5f031e
commit 80c802f307
4 changed files with 385 additions and 393 deletions
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include/net/xfrm.h
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@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ struct xfrm_policy_afinfo {
xfrm_address_t *saddr,
xfrm_address_t *daddr);
int (*get_saddr)(struct net *net, xfrm_address_t *saddr, xfrm_address_t *daddr);
struct dst_entry *(*find_bundle)(struct flowi *fl, struct xfrm_policy *policy);
void (*decode_session)(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct flowi *fl,
int reverse);
@@ -483,13 +482,13 @@ struct xfrm_policy {
struct timer_list timer;
struct flow_cache_object flo;
atomic_t genid;
u32 priority;
u32 index;
struct xfrm_mark mark;
struct xfrm_selector selector;
struct xfrm_lifetime_cfg lft;
struct xfrm_lifetime_cur curlft;
struct dst_entry *bundles;
struct xfrm_policy_walk_entry walk;
u8 type;
u8 action;
@@ -879,11 +878,15 @@ struct xfrm_dst {
struct rt6_info rt6;
} u;
struct dst_entry *route;
struct flow_cache_object flo;
struct xfrm_policy *pols[XFRM_POLICY_TYPE_MAX];
int num_pols, num_xfrms;
#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
struct flowi *origin;
struct xfrm_selector *partner;
#endif
u32 genid;
u32 xfrm_genid;
u32 policy_genid;
u32 route_mtu_cached;
u32 child_mtu_cached;
u32 route_cookie;
@@ -893,6 +896,7 @@ struct xfrm_dst {
#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
static inline void xfrm_dst_destroy(struct xfrm_dst *xdst)
{
xfrm_pols_put(xdst->pols, xdst->num_pols);
dst_release(xdst->route);
if (likely(xdst->u.dst.xfrm))
xfrm_state_put(xdst->u.dst.xfrm);