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Summary

(1) use inp_flowid or a new packet hash for a flow identification
(2) cache constant connection info into struct flow_hash_node
(3) use compressed notation for IPv6 address representation

Test Plan

test result: test result of D40302
This patch brings about +6% ~ +8% better performance for the IPv4 traffic and about +12% ~ +17% better performance for the IPv6 traffic.

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cc requested review of this revision.May 27 2023, 1:06 PM
share/man/man4/siftr.4
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  1. Please add a space between ) and f.
  2. The format change of the IPv6 addresses is not mentioned in the commit message.
share/man/man4/siftr.4
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I forgot: I think you can also remove the last entry in the BUGS section

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cc retitled this revision from siftr: two changes that improve performance to siftr: three changes that improve performance.May 29 2023, 10:33 AM
cc edited the summary of this revision. (Show Details)
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.May 29 2023, 12:43 PM
cc marked 2 inline comments as done.May 29 2023, 1:09 PM

Thank you Michael for this review!

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