net/ipv6: Add fib6_lookup

Add IPv6 equivalent to fib_lookup. Does a fib lookup, including rules,
but returns a FIB entry, fib6_info, rather than a dst based rt6_info.
fib6_lookup is any where from 140% (MULTIPLE_TABLES config disabled)
to 60% faster than any of the dst based lookup methods (without custom
rules) and 25% faster with custom rules (e.g., l3mdev rule).

Since the lookup function has a completely different signature,
fib6_rule_action is split into 2 paths: the existing one is
renamed __fib6_rule_action and a new one for the fib6_info path
is added. fib6_rule_action decides which to call based on the
lookup_ptr. If it is fib6_table_lookup then the new path is taken.

Caller must hold rcu lock as no reference is taken on the returned
fib entry.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index c70705f2647a..cc70f6da8462 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -376,6 +376,12 @@ struct dst_entry *fib6_rule_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 				   const struct sk_buff *skb,
 				   int flags, pol_lookup_t lookup);
 
+/* called with rcu lock held; can return error pointer
+ * caller needs to select path
+ */
+struct fib6_info *fib6_lookup(struct net *net, int oif, struct flowi6 *fl6,
+			      int flags);
+
 /* called with rcu lock held; caller needs to select path */
 struct fib6_info *fib6_table_lookup(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table,
 				    int oif, struct flowi6 *fl6, int strict);