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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:00:51 -0500 (EST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: alexander.duyck@...il.com
Cc: alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net PATCH] fib_trie: Fix trie balancing issue if new node
pushes down existing node
From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 07:55:02 -0800
> On 12/11/2014 06:32 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:49:22 -0800
>>
>>> This patch addresses an issue with the level compression of the fib_trie.
>>> Specifically in the case of adding a new leaf that triggers a new node to
>>> be added that takes the place of the old node. The result is a trie where
>>> the 1 child tnode is on one side and one leaf is on the other which gives
>>> you a very deep trie. Below is the script I used to generate a trie on
>>> dummy0 with a 10.X.X.X family of addresses.
>> ...
>>> What this fix does is start the rebalance at the newly created tnode
>>> instead of at the parent tnode. This way if there is a gap between the
>>> parent and the new node it doesn't prevent the new tnode from being
>>> coalesced with any pre-existing nodes that may have been pushed into one
>>> of the new nodes child branches.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
>> One has to be mindful with this code that what it's doing now might
>> be intentional. For example, it might be doing things this way
>> on purpose in order to minimize rebalancing during route flaps.
>>
>> Barring anything like that, I think your change is fine.
>
> I'm fairly certain that this isn't intentional. If we replace a NULL
> pointer in an existing tnode then we rebalance starting at that tnode,
> it is only when there is no room in the trie and we have to add a new
> tnode that the issue occurs where we rebalance at the parent and not the
> tnode that the leaf was added to.
Ok, thanks for taking the time to explain this, I'm now convinced :)
Applied, thanks again.
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