mirror of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
synced 2025-01-15 09:34:17 +00:00
4ee2a8cace
When calculating hashes for the purpose of multipath forwarding, both IPv4 and IPv6 code currently fall back on flow_hash_from_keys(). That uses a randomly-generated seed. That's a fine choice by default, but unfortunately some deployments may need a tighter control over the seed used. In this patch, make the seed configurable by adding a new sysctl key, net.ipv4.fib_multipath_hash_seed to control the seed. This seed is used specifically for multipath forwarding and not for the other concerns that flow_hash_from_keys() is used for, such as queue selection. Expose the knob as sysctl because other such settings, such as headers to hash, are also handled that way. Like those, the multipath hash seed is a per-netns variable. Despite being placed in the net.ipv4 namespace, the multipath seed sysctl is used for both IPv4 and IPv6, similarly to e.g. a number of TCP variables. The seed used by flow_hash_from_keys() is a 128-bit quantity. However it seems that usually the seed is a much more modest value. 32 bits seem typical (Cisco, Cumulus), some systems go even lower. For that reason, and to decouple the user interface from implementation details, go with a 32-bit quantity, which is then quadruplicated to form the siphash key. Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240607151357.421181-3-petrm@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>