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Convert IPv6 forwarding to the new routing KPI.
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Authored by melifaro on Jan 21 2016, 8:12 AM.
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Summary

Use new _nhop() functions proposed in the https://wiki.freebsd.org/ProjectsRoutingProposal/API .
The goals are:

  • to improve performance (no rte locking)
  • provide transparent ECMP (requires no consumer code changes when implemented)
  • provide the ability to transparently pass packet prepend data (when pre-calculatd link header is available).

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melifaro updated this revision to Diff 12538.Jan 21 2016, 8:12 AM
melifaro retitled this revision from to Convert IPv6 forwarding to the new routing KPI..
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Superseded by D24245 and D24334 .

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sys/net/rt_nhops.h

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sys/netinet/icmp6.h

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sys/netinet6/icmp6.c

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sys/netinet6/in6_fib.h

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sys/netinet6/in6_fib.c

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sys/netinet6/ip6_forward.c

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