Herbert Xu wrote:
On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 12:16:38PM +0530, pravin b shelar wrote:
In fact this whole MULTIPATHOLDROUTE thing can't possibly
work at all. I'd suggest that it be removed.
So I think we should ignore MULTIPATHOLDROUTE flag
in drr and rr multipath algorithms as done in random multipath algorithm.
Attached patch does same thing.
Regards,
Pravin.
Signed-off by: Pravin B. Shelar <pravins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Index: linux-2.6.12-rc4/include/net/route.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4.orig/include/net/route.h 2005-05-06 22:20:31.000000000
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4/include/net/route.h 2005-05-24 02:37:10.000000000
-0700
@@ -181,9 +181,6 @@
memcpy(&fl, &(*rp)->fl, sizeof(fl));
fl.fl_ip_sport = sport;
fl.fl_ip_dport = dport;
-#if defined(CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_CACHED)
- fl.flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_MULTIPATHOLDROUTE;
-#endif
ip_rt_put(*rp);
*rp = NULL;
return ip_route_output_flow(rp, &fl, sk, 0);
Index: linux-2.6.12-rc4/net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4.orig/net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c 2005-05-06
22:20:31.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4/net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c 2005-05-24 02:37:10.000000000
-0700
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
static struct multipath_device state[MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES];
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(state_lock);
-static struct rtable *last_selection = NULL;
static int inline __multipath_findslot(void)
{
@@ -111,11 +110,6 @@
.notifier_call = drr_dev_event,
};
-static void drr_remove(struct rtable *rt)
-{
- if (last_selection == rt)
- last_selection = NULL;
-}
static void drr_safe_inc(atomic_t *usecount)
{
@@ -144,14 +138,6 @@
int devidx = -1;
int cur_min_devidx = -1;
- /* if necessary and possible utilize the old alternative */
- if ((flp->flags & FLOWI_FLAG_MULTIPATHOLDROUTE) != 0 &&
- last_selection != NULL) {
- result = last_selection;
- *rp = result;
- return;
- }
-
/* 1. make sure all alt. nexthops have the same GC related data */
/* 2. determine the new candidate to be returned */
result = NULL;
@@ -229,12 +215,10 @@
}
*rp = result;
- last_selection = result;
}
static struct ip_mp_alg_ops drr_ops = {
.mp_alg_select_route = drr_select_route,
- .mp_alg_remove = drr_remove,
};
static int __init drr_init(void)
@@ -244,7 +228,7 @@
if (err)
return err;
- err = multipath_alg_register(&drr_ops, IP_MP_ALG_RR);
+ err = multipath_alg_register(&drr_ops, IP_MP_ALG_DRR);
if (err)
goto fail;
Index: linux-2.6.12-rc4/net/ipv4/multipath_rr.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4.orig/net/ipv4/multipath_rr.c 2005-05-06
22:20:31.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc4/net/ipv4/multipath_rr.c 2005-05-24 02:37:10.000000000
-0700
@@ -47,29 +47,12 @@
#include <net/checksum.h>
#include <net/ip_mp_alg.h>
-#define MULTIPATH_MAX_CANDIDATES 40
-
-static struct rtable* last_used = NULL;
-
-static void rr_remove(struct rtable *rt)
-{
- if (last_used == rt)
- last_used = NULL;
-}
-
static void rr_select_route(const struct flowi *flp,
struct rtable *first, struct rtable **rp)
{
struct rtable *nh, *result, *min_use_cand = NULL;
int min_use = -1;
- /* if necessary and possible utilize the old alternative */
- if ((flp->flags & FLOWI_FLAG_MULTIPATHOLDROUTE) != 0 &&
- last_used != NULL) {
- result = last_used;
- goto out;
- }
-
/* 1. make sure all alt. nexthops have the same GC related data
* 2. determine the new candidate to be returned
*/
@@ -90,15 +73,12 @@
if (!result)
result = first;
-out:
- last_used = result;
result->u.dst.__use++;
*rp = result;
}
static struct ip_mp_alg_ops rr_ops = {
.mp_alg_select_route = rr_select_route,
- .mp_alg_remove = rr_remove,
};
static int __init rr_init(void)
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