netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] nexthop: Preparations for resilient next-hop groups

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jan 2021 05:10:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, idosch@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] nexthop: Preparations for resilient next-hop
 groups

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:49:12 +0100 you wrote:
> At this moment, there is only one type of next-hop group: an mpath group.
> Mpath groups implement the hash-threshold algorithm, described in RFC
> 2992[1].
> 
> To select a next hop, hash-threshold algorithm first assigns a range of
> hashes to each next hop in the group, and then selects the next hop by
> comparing the SKB hash with the individual ranges. When a next hop is
> removed from the group, the ranges are recomputed, which leads to
> reassignment of parts of hash space from one next hop to another. RFC 2992
> illustrates it thus:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,01/12] nexthop: Rename nexthop_free_mpath
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5d1f0f09b5f0
  - [net-next,02/12] nexthop: Dispatch nexthop_select_path() by group type
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/79bc55e3fee9
  - [net-next,03/12] nexthop: Introduce to struct nh_grp_entry a per-type union
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b9bae61be466
  - [net-next,04/12] nexthop: Assert the invariant that a NH group is of only one type
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/720ccd9a7285
  - [net-next,05/12] nexthop: Use enum to encode notification type
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/09ad6becf535
  - [net-next,06/12] nexthop: Dispatch notifier init()/fini() by group type
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/da230501f2c9
  - [net-next,07/12] nexthop: Extract dump filtering parameters into a single structure
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/56450ec6b7fc
  - [net-next,08/12] nexthop: Extract a common helper for parsing dump attributes
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b9ebea127661
  - [net-next,09/12] nexthop: Strongly-type context of rtm_dump_nexthop()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a6fbbaa64c3b
  - [net-next,10/12] nexthop: Extract a helper for walking the next-hop tree
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/cbee18071e72
  - [net-next,11/12] nexthop: Add a callback parameter to rtm_dump_walk_nexthops()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/e948217d258f
  - [net-next,12/12] nexthop: Extract a helper for validation of get/del RTNL requests
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0bccf8ed8aa6

You are awesome, thank you!
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