Thread (18 messages) 18 messages, 4 authors, 2015-03-01

Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] flow_dissector: Add hash_extra field to flow_keys struct

From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Date: 2015-03-01 19:43:53

Tom Herbert [off-list ref] wrote:
We still need hash perturbation for the mapping to a small number of
queues which can be done after retrieving skb_get_hash, but the
probability that two different flows match perfectly in skb_get_hash()
should be 1/2^32-- so are hash collisions really a concern here?
I'm not concerned about accidental collisions, how predictable is skb_get_hash()?
Is skb_get_hash() guaranteed to e.g. contain L4 information?

AFAIK answer to both is "depends on nic/driver", so I feel its better to use
software flow dissector.
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