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diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2021-04-2021-07/multicast.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2021-04-2021-07/multicast.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8cc0481aa5 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2021-04-2021-07/multicast.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +=== Multicast routing rework + +Contact: Wojciech Macek <wma@semihalf.com> + +The Semihalf team has been working on reworking the existing ip_mroute module. The previous implementation was over 20 years old and didn't use modern kernel features. + +A complete rework of locking mechanism was done to eliminate taking multiple locks for a single job. +Some portions of code were modified to use lockless constructions, BW-meter API refactored to work in a single context and routing hot path was identified and made to work efficiently. +All these fixes helped achieve over 5x speed boost in multicast routing. + +The newly introduced rework includes: + +* mroute: fix race condition during mrouter shutting down link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=65634ae748e7f6b7b9f11e8838c65060c3f31347[race condition] +* mrouter: do not loopback packets unconditionally link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=0b103f72376b5ec7c9a9d574c976e42805ae88a4[loopback] +* ip_mroute: refactor bw_meter API link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=741afc6233915ba33156c2221aa80d2dd2b76b9c[bw_meter] +* ip_mroute: rework ip_mroute link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=d40cd26a86a79342d175296b74768dd7183fc02b[locking] + +Sponsor: Stormshield |