lpm: improve performance with copious IPv4 peering routes

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Series lpm: improve performance with copious IPv4 peering routes |

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Commit Message

Warrington, Jeffrey Nov. 7, 2023, 12:49 p.m. UTC
  Minimize the performance impact of large numbers of BGP peering
routes by updating LPM's IPv4 code to use a hash like the IPv6 code.

Co-authored-by: Julien Charbon <jcharbon@verisign.com>
Signed-off-by: Julien Charbon <jcharbon@verisign.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Warrington <jwarrington@verisign.com>
Co-authored-by: Nicolas Witkowski <nitkowski@verisign.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Witkowski <nitkowski@verisign.com>
Co-authored-by: Rohit Gupta  rogupta@verisign.com
Signed-off-by: Rohit Gupta rogupta@verisign.com
---
lib/lpm/rte_lpm.c | 306 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h |   6 +
2 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 163 deletions(-)
  

Patch

diff --git a/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.c b/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.c
index cdcd1b7f9e..c951be8946 100644
--- a/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.c
+++ b/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.c
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ 
#include <rte_string_fns.h>
#include <rte_errno.h>
#include <rte_tailq.h>
+#include <rte_hash.h>
+#include <rte_jhash.h>
 #include "rte_lpm.h"
+#define RULE_HASH_TABLE_EXTRA_SPACE              64
+
TAILQ_HEAD(rte_lpm_list, rte_tailq_entry);
 static struct rte_tailq_elem rte_lpm_tailq = {
@@ -53,10 +57,11 @@  struct __rte_lpm {
               /* LPM metadata. */
               char name[RTE_LPM_NAMESIZE];        /**< Name of the lpm. */
               uint32_t max_rules; /**< Max. balanced rules per lpm. */
+              uint32_t used_rules; /**< Used rules so far. */
               uint32_t number_tbl8s; /**< Number of tbl8s. */
               /**< Rule info table. */
               struct rte_lpm_rule_info rule_info[RTE_LPM_MAX_DEPTH];
-               struct rte_lpm_rule *rules_tbl; /**< LPM rules. */
+              struct rte_hash *rules_tbl; /**< LPM rules. */
                /* RCU config. */
               struct rte_rcu_qsbr *v;                   /* RCU QSBR variable. */
@@ -76,6 +81,47 @@  struct __rte_lpm {
#define VERIFY_DEPTH(depth)
#endif
+/*
+ * LPM rule hash function
+ *
+ * It's used as a hash function for the rte_hash
+ *          containing rules
+ */
+static inline uint32_t
+rule_hash(const void *data, __rte_unused uint32_t data_len,
+                                uint32_t init_val)
+{
+              return rte_jhash(data, sizeof(struct rte_lpm_rule_key), init_val);
+}
+
+static inline void
+rule_key_init(struct rte_lpm_rule_key *key, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth)
+{
+              key->ip = ip;
+              key->depth = depth;
+}
+
+/* Find a rule */
+static inline int
+rule_find_with_key(struct rte_lpm *lpm, const struct rte_lpm_rule_key *rule_key, uint32_t *next_hop)
+{
+              struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm;
+              uint64_t hash_val;
+              int ret;
+
+              i_lpm = container_of(lpm, struct __rte_lpm, lpm);
+
+              /* lookup for a rule */
+              ret = rte_hash_lookup_data(i_lpm->rules_tbl, (const void *) rule_key,
+                              (void **) &hash_val);
+              if (ret >= 0) {
+                              *next_hop = (uint32_t) hash_val;
+                              return 1;
+              }
+
+              return 0;
+}
+
/*
  * Converts a given depth value to its corresponding mask value.
  *
@@ -150,8 +196,9 @@  rte_lpm_create(const char *name, int socket_id,
               struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm;
               struct rte_lpm *lpm = NULL;
               struct rte_tailq_entry *te;
-               uint32_t mem_size, rules_size, tbl8s_size;
+              uint32_t mem_size, tbl8s_size;
               struct rte_lpm_list *lpm_list;
+              struct rte_hash *rules_tbl = NULL;
                lpm_list = RTE_TAILQ_CAST(rte_lpm_tailq.head, rte_lpm_list);
@@ -164,7 +211,25 @@  rte_lpm_create(const char *name, int socket_id,
                               return NULL;
               }
-               snprintf(mem_name, sizeof(mem_name), "LPM_%s", name);
+              snprintf(mem_name, sizeof(mem_name), "LRHv4_%s", name);
+              struct rte_hash_parameters rule_hash_tbl_params = {
+                              .entries = config->max_rules * 1.2 + RULE_HASH_TABLE_EXTRA_SPACE,
+                              .key_len = sizeof(struct rte_lpm_rule_key),
+                              .hash_func = rule_hash,
+                              .hash_func_init_val = 0,
+                              .name = mem_name,
+                              .reserved = 0,
+                              .socket_id = socket_id,
+                              .extra_flag = 0
+              };
+
+              rules_tbl = rte_hash_create(&rule_hash_tbl_params);
+              if (rules_tbl == NULL) {
+                              RTE_LOG(ERR, LPM, "LPM rules hash table allocation failed: %s (%d)",
+                                                                rte_strerror(rte_errno), rte_errno);
+
+                              return NULL;
+              }
                rte_mcfg_tailq_write_lock();
@@ -182,7 +247,6 @@  rte_lpm_create(const char *name, int socket_id,
                /* Determine the amount of memory to allocate. */
               mem_size = sizeof(*i_lpm);
-               rules_size = sizeof(struct rte_lpm_rule) * config->max_rules;
               tbl8s_size = sizeof(struct rte_lpm_tbl_entry) *
                                               RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES * config->number_tbl8s;
@@ -204,18 +268,6 @@  rte_lpm_create(const char *name, int socket_id,
                               goto exit;
               }
-               i_lpm->rules_tbl = rte_zmalloc_socket(NULL,
-                                               (size_t)rules_size, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
-
-               if (i_lpm->rules_tbl == NULL) {
-                               RTE_LOG(ERR, LPM, "LPM rules_tbl memory allocation failed\n");
-                               rte_free(i_lpm);
-                               i_lpm = NULL;
-                               rte_free(te);
-                               rte_errno = ENOMEM;
-                               goto exit;
-               }
-
               i_lpm->lpm.tbl8 = rte_zmalloc_socket(NULL,
                                               (size_t)tbl8s_size, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, socket_id);
@@ -230,6 +282,7 @@  rte_lpm_create(const char *name, int socket_id,
               }
                /* Save user arguments. */
+              i_lpm->rules_tbl = rules_tbl;
               i_lpm->max_rules = config->max_rules;
               i_lpm->number_tbl8s = config->number_tbl8s;
               strlcpy(i_lpm->name, name, sizeof(i_lpm->name));
@@ -277,7 +330,7 @@  rte_lpm_free(struct rte_lpm *lpm)
               if (i_lpm->dq != NULL)
                               rte_rcu_qsbr_dq_delete(i_lpm->dq);
               rte_free(i_lpm->lpm.tbl8);
-               rte_free(i_lpm->rules_tbl);
+              rte_hash_free(i_lpm->rules_tbl);
               rte_free(i_lpm);
               rte_free(te);
}
@@ -359,106 +412,64 @@  rte_lpm_rcu_qsbr_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, struct rte_lpm_rcu_config *cfg)
  * NOTE: Valid range for depth parameter is 1 .. 32 inclusive.
  */
static int32_t
-rule_add(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked, uint8_t depth,
-               uint32_t next_hop)
+rule_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip_masked, uint8_t depth, uint32_t next_hop)
{
-               uint32_t rule_gindex, rule_index, last_rule;
-               int i;
+              int ret, rule_exist;
+              struct rte_lpm_rule_key rule_key;
+              uint32_t unused;
                VERIFY_DEPTH(depth);
-               /* Scan through rule group to see if rule already exists. */
-               if (i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules > 0) {
+              /* init a rule key */
+              rule_key_init(&rule_key, ip_masked, depth);
-                               /* rule_gindex stands for rule group index. */
-                               rule_gindex = i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].first_rule;
-                               /* Initialise rule_index to point to start of rule group. */
-                               rule_index = rule_gindex;
-                               /* Last rule = Last used rule in this rule group. */
-                               last_rule = rule_gindex + i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules;
+              /* Scan through rule list to see if rule already exists. */
+              rule_exist = rule_find_with_key(lpm, &rule_key, &unused);
-                               for (; rule_index < last_rule; rule_index++) {
+              struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm = container_of(lpm, struct __rte_lpm, lpm);
-                                               /* If rule already exists update next hop and return. */
-                                               if (i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].ip == ip_masked) {
+              if (!rule_exist && i_lpm->used_rules == i_lpm->max_rules)
+                              return -ENOSPC;
-                                                               if (i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].next_hop
-                                                                                               == next_hop)
-                                                                               return -EEXIST;
-                                                               i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].next_hop = next_hop;
+              ret = rte_hash_add_key_data(i_lpm->rules_tbl, &rule_key,
+                              (void *)(uintptr_t) next_hop);
-                                                               return rule_index;
-                                               }
-                               }
-
-                               if (rule_index == i_lpm->max_rules)
-                                               return -ENOSPC;
-               } else {
-                               /* Calculate the position in which the rule will be stored. */
-                               rule_index = 0;
-
-                               for (i = depth - 1; i > 0; i--) {
-                                               if (i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].used_rules > 0) {
-                                                               rule_index = i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].first_rule
-                                                                                               + i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].used_rules;
-                                                               break;
-                                               }
-                               }
-                               if (rule_index == i_lpm->max_rules)
-                                               return -ENOSPC;
-
-                               i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].first_rule = rule_index;
-               }
-
-               /* Make room for the new rule in the array. */
-               for (i = RTE_LPM_MAX_DEPTH; i > depth; i--) {
-                               if (i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].first_rule
-                                                               + i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].used_rules == i_lpm->max_rules)
-                                               return -ENOSPC;
-
-                               if (i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].used_rules > 0) {
-                                               i_lpm->rules_tbl[i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].first_rule
-                                                               + i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].used_rules]
-                                                                               = i_lpm->rules_tbl[i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].first_rule];
-                                               i_lpm->rule_info[i - 1].first_rule++;
-                               }
-               }
-
-               /* Add the new rule. */
-               i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].ip = ip_masked;
-               i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].next_hop = next_hop;
+              if (ret < 0)
+                              return ret;
                /* Increment the used rules counter for this rule group. */
-               i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules++;
+              if (!rule_exist) {
+                              i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules++;
+                              i_lpm->used_rules++;
+                              return 1;
+              }
-               return rule_index;
+              return 0;
}
 /*
  * Delete a rule from the rule table.
  * NOTE: Valid range for depth parameter is 1 .. 32 inclusive.
  */
-static void
-rule_delete(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, int32_t rule_index, uint8_t depth)
+static int
+rule_delete(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, int32_t ip, uint8_t depth)
{
-               int i;
+              int ret;
+              struct rte_lpm_rule_key rule_key;
                VERIFY_DEPTH(depth);
-               i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index] =
-                                               i_lpm->rules_tbl[i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].first_rule
-                                               + i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules - 1];
+              rule_key_init(&rule_key, ip, depth);
-               for (i = depth; i < RTE_LPM_MAX_DEPTH; i++) {
-                               if (i_lpm->rule_info[i].used_rules > 0) {
-                                               i_lpm->rules_tbl[i_lpm->rule_info[i].first_rule - 1] =
-                                                                               i_lpm->rules_tbl[i_lpm->rule_info[i].first_rule
-                                                                                               + i_lpm->rule_info[i].used_rules - 1];
-                                               i_lpm->rule_info[i].first_rule--;
-                               }
+              /* delete the rule */
+              ret = rte_hash_del_key(i_lpm->rules_tbl, (void *) &rule_key);
+
+              if (ret >= 0) {
+                              i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules--;
+                              i_lpm->used_rules--;
               }
-               i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules--;
+              return ret;
}
 /*
@@ -466,24 +477,14 @@  rule_delete(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, int32_t rule_index, uint8_t depth)
  * NOTE: Valid range for depth parameter is 1 .. 32 inclusive.
  */
static int32_t
-rule_find(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked, uint8_t depth)
+rule_find(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip_masked, uint8_t depth, uint32_t *next_hop)
{
-               uint32_t rule_gindex, last_rule, rule_index;
-
-               VERIFY_DEPTH(depth);
-
-               rule_gindex = i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].first_rule;
-               last_rule = rule_gindex + i_lpm->rule_info[depth - 1].used_rules;
+              struct rte_lpm_rule_key rule_key;
-               /* Scan used rules at given depth to find rule. */
-               for (rule_index = rule_gindex; rule_index < last_rule; rule_index++) {
-                               /* If rule is found return the rule index. */
-                               if (i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].ip == ip_masked)
-                                               return rule_index;
-               }
+              /* init a rule key */
+              rule_key_init(&rule_key, ip_masked, depth);
-               /* If rule is not found return -EINVAL. */
-               return -EINVAL;
+              return rule_find_with_key(lpm, &rule_key, next_hop);
}
 /*
@@ -799,7 +800,7 @@  int
rte_lpm_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth,
                               uint32_t next_hop)
{
-               int32_t rule_index, status = 0;
+              int32_t status = 0;
               struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm;
               uint32_t ip_masked;
@@ -811,17 +812,11 @@  rte_lpm_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth,
               ip_masked = ip & depth_to_mask(depth);
                /* Add the rule to the rule table. */
-               rule_index = rule_add(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth, next_hop);
-
-               /* Skip table entries update if The rule is the same as
-               * the rule in the rules table.
-               */
-               if (rule_index == -EEXIST)
-                               return 0;
+              status = rule_add(lpm, ip_masked, depth, next_hop);
                /* If the is no space available for new rule return error. */
-               if (rule_index < 0) {
-                               return rule_index;
+              if (status < 0) {
+                              return status;
               }
                if (depth <= MAX_DEPTH_TBL24) {
@@ -834,7 +829,7 @@  rte_lpm_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth,
                                * rule that was added to rule table.
                                */
                               if (status < 0) {
-                                               rule_delete(i_lpm, rule_index, depth);
+                                              rule_delete(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth);
                                                return status;
                               }
@@ -850,9 +845,7 @@  int
rte_lpm_is_rule_present(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth,
uint32_t *next_hop)
{
-               struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm;
               uint32_t ip_masked;
-               int32_t rule_index;
                /* Check user arguments. */
               if ((lpm == NULL) ||
@@ -861,44 +854,42 @@  uint32_t *next_hop)
                               return -EINVAL;
                /* Look for the rule using rule_find. */
-               i_lpm = container_of(lpm, struct __rte_lpm, lpm);
               ip_masked = ip & depth_to_mask(depth);
-               rule_index = rule_find(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth);
-               if (rule_index >= 0) {
-                               *next_hop = i_lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].next_hop;
+              if (rule_find(lpm, ip_masked, depth, next_hop))
                               return 1;
-               }
                /* If rule is not found return 0. */
               return 0;
}
 static int32_t
-find_previous_rule(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth,
-                               uint8_t *sub_rule_depth)
+find_previous_rule(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth,
+              uint32_t *subrule_prev_hop, uint8_t *subrule_prev_depth)
{
-               int32_t rule_index;
               uint32_t ip_masked;
+              uint32_t prev_hop;
               uint8_t prev_depth;
+              int found;
                for (prev_depth = (uint8_t)(depth - 1); prev_depth > 0; prev_depth--) {
                               ip_masked = ip & depth_to_mask(prev_depth);
-                               rule_index = rule_find(i_lpm, ip_masked, prev_depth);
+                              found = rule_find(lpm, ip_masked, prev_depth, &prev_hop);
-                               if (rule_index >= 0) {
-                                               *sub_rule_depth = prev_depth;
-                                               return rule_index;
+                              if (found) {
+                                              *subrule_prev_hop = prev_hop;
+                                              *subrule_prev_depth = prev_depth;
+                                              return 1;
                               }
               }
-               return -1;
+              return 0;
}
 static int32_t
delete_depth_small(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
-               uint8_t depth, int32_t sub_rule_index, uint8_t sub_rule_depth)
+              uint8_t depth, int found, uint32_t sub_rule_hop, uint8_t sub_rule_depth)
{
#define group_idx next_hop
               uint32_t tbl24_range, tbl24_index, tbl8_group_index, tbl8_index, i, j;
@@ -912,7 +903,7 @@  delete_depth_small(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
                * Firstly check the sub_rule_index. A -1 indicates no replacement rule
                * and a positive number indicates a sub_rule_index.
                */
-               if (sub_rule_index < 0) {
+              if (!found) {
                               /*
                                * If no replacement rule exists then invalidate entries
                                * associated with this rule.
@@ -949,7 +940,7 @@  delete_depth_small(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
                                */
                                struct rte_lpm_tbl_entry new_tbl24_entry = {
-                                               .next_hop = i_lpm->rules_tbl[sub_rule_index].next_hop,
+                                              .next_hop = sub_rule_hop,
                                               .valid = VALID,
                                               .valid_group = 0,
                                               .depth = sub_rule_depth,
@@ -959,8 +950,7 @@  delete_depth_small(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
                                               .valid = VALID,
                                               .valid_group = VALID,
                                               .depth = sub_rule_depth,
-                                               .next_hop = i_lpm->rules_tbl
-                                               [sub_rule_index].next_hop,
+                                              .next_hop = sub_rule_hop,
                               };
                                for (i = tbl24_index; i < (tbl24_index + tbl24_range); i++) {
@@ -1052,7 +1042,7 @@  tbl8_recycle_check(struct rte_lpm_tbl_entry *tbl8,
 static int32_t
delete_depth_big(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
-               uint8_t depth, int32_t sub_rule_index, uint8_t sub_rule_depth)
+              uint8_t depth, int found, uint32_t sub_rule_hop, uint8_t sub_rule_depth)
{
#define group_idx next_hop
               uint32_t tbl24_index, tbl8_group_index, tbl8_group_start, tbl8_index,
@@ -1071,7 +1061,7 @@  delete_depth_big(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
               tbl8_index = tbl8_group_start + (ip_masked & 0xFF);
               tbl8_range = depth_to_range(depth);
-               if (sub_rule_index < 0) {
+              if (!found) {
                               /*
                                * Loop through the range of entries on tbl8 for which the
                                * rule_to_delete must be removed or modified.
@@ -1086,7 +1076,7 @@  delete_depth_big(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
                                               .valid = VALID,
                                               .depth = sub_rule_depth,
                                               .valid_group = i_lpm->lpm.tbl8[tbl8_group_start].valid_group,
-                                               .next_hop = i_lpm->rules_tbl[sub_rule_index].next_hop,
+                                              .next_hop = sub_rule_hop,
                               };
                                /*
@@ -1142,9 +1132,10 @@  delete_depth_big(struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm, uint32_t ip_masked,
int
rte_lpm_delete(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth)
{
-               int32_t rule_to_delete_index, sub_rule_index;
+              int32_t found;
               struct __rte_lpm *i_lpm;
               uint32_t ip_masked;
+              uint32_t sub_rule_hop;
               uint8_t sub_rule_depth;
               /*
                * Check input arguments. Note: IP must be a positive integer of 32
@@ -1157,21 +1148,9 @@  rte_lpm_delete(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth)
               i_lpm = container_of(lpm, struct __rte_lpm, lpm);
               ip_masked = ip & depth_to_mask(depth);
-               /*
-               * Find the index of the input rule, that needs to be deleted, in the
-               * rule table.
-               */
-               rule_to_delete_index = rule_find(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth);
-
-               /*
-               * Check if rule_to_delete_index was found. If no rule was found the
-               * function rule_find returns -EINVAL.
-               */
-               if (rule_to_delete_index < 0)
-                               return -EINVAL;
-
               /* Delete the rule from the rule table. */
-               rule_delete(i_lpm, rule_to_delete_index, depth);
+              if (rule_delete(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth) < 0)
+                              return -EINVAL;
                /*
                * Find rule to replace the rule_to_delete. If there is no rule to
@@ -1179,18 +1158,18 @@  rte_lpm_delete(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth)
                * entries associated with this rule.
                */
               sub_rule_depth = 0;
-               sub_rule_index = find_previous_rule(i_lpm, ip, depth, &sub_rule_depth);
+              found = find_previous_rule(lpm, ip, depth, &sub_rule_hop, &sub_rule_depth);
                /*
                * If the input depth value is less than 25 use function
                * delete_depth_small otherwise use delete_depth_big.
                */
               if (depth <= MAX_DEPTH_TBL24) {
-                               return delete_depth_small(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth,
-                                                               sub_rule_index, sub_rule_depth);
-               } else { /* If depth > MAX_DEPTH_TBL24 */
-                               return delete_depth_big(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth, sub_rule_index,
-                                                               sub_rule_depth);
+                              return delete_depth_small(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth, found,
+                                                              sub_rule_hop, sub_rule_depth);
+              } else {
+                              return delete_depth_big(i_lpm, ip_masked, depth, found,
+                                                              sub_rule_hop, sub_rule_depth);
               }
}
@@ -1205,6 +1184,7 @@  rte_lpm_delete_all(struct rte_lpm *lpm)
               i_lpm = container_of(lpm, struct __rte_lpm, lpm);
               /* Zero rule information. */
               memset(i_lpm->rule_info, 0, sizeof(i_lpm->rule_info));
+              i_lpm->used_rules = 0;
                /* Zero tbl24. */
               memset(i_lpm->lpm.tbl24, 0, sizeof(i_lpm->lpm.tbl24));
@@ -1214,5 +1194,5 @@  rte_lpm_delete_all(struct rte_lpm *lpm)
                                               * RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES * i_lpm->number_tbl8s);
                /* Delete all rules form the rules table. */
-               memset(i_lpm->rules_tbl, 0, sizeof(i_lpm->rules_tbl[0]) * i_lpm->max_rules);
+              rte_hash_reset(i_lpm->rules_tbl);
}
diff --git a/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h b/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h
index 75e27ff164..605445f3a7 100644
--- a/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h
+++ b/lib/lpm/rte_lpm.h
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@  struct rte_lpm_tbl_entry {
 #endif
+/** Rules tbl entry key. */
+struct rte_lpm_rule_key {
+              uint32_t ip;    /**< Rule IP address. */
+              uint32_t depth; /**< Rule depth. */
+};
+
/** LPM configuration structure. */
struct rte_lpm_config {
               uint32_t max_rules;      /**< Max number of rules. */
--
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