Currently, when using multipath routes without nexthop objects,
fib6_table_lookup() selects the nexthop with the highest score. This
means that when both a source address and an oif are specified, the
nexthop that is chosen is the one that matches in terms of oif:
# sysctl -wq net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
# ip address add 2001:db8:2::1/64 dev lo
# ip route add 2001:db8:10::/64 nexthop via fe80::1 dev dummy1 nexthop via fe80::2 dev dummy2
# perf record -e fib6:fib6_table_lookup -- bash -c "for i in {1..100}; do ip route get 2001:db8:10::${i} from 2001:db8:2::1 oif dummy1; done > /dev/null"
# perf script | grep -o dummy[0-9] | sort | uniq -c
100 dummy1
# perf record -e fib6:fib6_table_lookup -- bash -c "for i in {1..100}; do ip route get 2001:db8:10::${i} from 2001:db8:2::1 oif dummy2; done > /dev/null"
# perf script | grep -o dummy[0-9] | sort | uniq -c
100 dummy2
When using nexthop objects, fib6_table_lookup() selects the first
matching nexthop and not necessarily the one with the highest score:
# ip nexthop add id 1 via fe80::1 dev dummy1
# ip nexthop add id 2 via fe80::2 dev dummy2
# ip nexthop add id 3 group 1/2
# ip route add 2001:db8:20::/64 nhid 3
# perf record -e fib6:fib6_table_lookup -- bash -c "for i in {1..100}; do ip route get 2001:db8:20::${i} from 2001:db8:2::1 oif dummy1; done > /dev/null"
# perf script | grep -o dummy[0-9] | sort | uniq -c
100 dummy1
# perf record -e fib6:fib6_table_lookup -- bash -c "for i in {1..100}; do ip route get 2001:db8:20::${i} from 2001:db8:2::1 oif dummy2; done > /dev/null"
# perf script | grep -o dummy[0-9] | sort | uniq -c
100 dummy1
This is not very significant right now because the nexthop is later
overwritten during path selection in fib6_select_path(). However, the
next patch is going to skip path selection when we have an oif match
during output route lookup.
As a preparation for this change, align the nexthop object behavior with
the legacy one and make sure that fib6_table_lookup() always selects the
best matching nexthop. Do that by always returning 0 from
rt6_nh_find_match() in order not to terminate the loop in
nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh() and storing in arg->nh the best matching
nexthop so far.
Behavior after the change:
# perf record -e fib6:fib6_table_lookup -- bash -c "for i in {1..100}; do ip route get 2001:db8:20::${i} from 2001:db8:2::1 oif dummy1; done > /dev/null"
# perf script | grep -o dummy[0-9] | sort | uniq -c
100 dummy1
# perf record -e fib6:fib6_table_lookup -- bash -c "for i in {1..100}; do ip route get 2001:db8:20::${i} from 2001:db8:2::1 oif dummy2; done > /dev/null"
# perf script | grep -o dummy[0-9] | sort | uniq -c
100 dummy2
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260611154605.992528-2-idosch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
{
struct fib6_nh_frl_arg *arg = _arg;
- arg->nh = nh;
- return find_match(nh, arg->flags, arg->oif, arg->strict,
- arg->mpri, arg->do_rr);
+ if (find_match(nh, arg->flags, arg->oif, arg->strict, arg->mpri,
+ arg->do_rr))
+ arg->nh = nh;
+
+ return 0;
}
static void __find_rr_leaf(struct fib6_info *f6i_start,
res->nh = nexthop_fib6_nh(f6i->nh);
return;
}
- if (nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh(f6i->nh, rt6_nh_find_match,
- &arg)) {
- matched = true;
- nh = arg.nh;
- }
+ nexthop_for_each_fib6_nh(f6i->nh, rt6_nh_find_match,
+ &arg);
+ matched = !!arg.nh;
+ nh = arg.nh;
} else {
nh = f6i->fib6_nh;
if (find_match(nh, f6i->fib6_flags, oif, strict,