Improve mechanism for using loopback interface as BVI for BDs

When loopback interface is configured as BVI, instead of changing its
output node from loopN-output to l2-input, the loopN-output node is now
kept while its next tx node is changed from ethernet-input to l2-input.
The packet setup previously done in bvi_to_l2 as part of l2-input is now
performed in the loop output node.

This change adds an extra node in the BVI output path but provides the
following improvements:
1. IP address/route created on loopback prior to it being configured as
   BVI will still work properly. The requirement to (re)configure IP/route
   on loopback after it is configured as BVI is removed.
2. The output stats for loopback interfaces are always provided irrespective
   of their BVI configuration.
3. The loopback-BVI output stats can be batch updated outside the packet
   loop in output node, instead of per packet update in l2-input node,
   making l2-input node more efficient for BVI packets.
4. Restore original node property as implemented in node.c function
   vlib_node_add_next_with_slot() where next node indices stored in next
   slots of each node will remain unique.
5. Packet trace for BVI output includes loopN output node which provides
   useful packet data.

Change-Id: I7f5bc72ef953a367363a179088210596881f9e73
Signed-off-by: John Lo <loj@cisco.com>

6 files changed, 63 insertions, 78 deletions

diff --git a/vnet/vnet/ethernet/interface.c b/vnet/vnet/ethernet/interface.c
index bb8c7536..6bc9f281 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/ethernet/interface.c
+++ b/vnet/vnet/ethernet/interface.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <vnet/ip/ip.h>
 #include <vnet/pg/pg.h>
 #include <vnet/ethernet/ethernet.h>
+#include <vnet/l2/l2_input.h>
 
 static uword ethernet_set_rewrite (vnet_main_t * vnm,
 				   u32 sw_if_index,
@@ -255,9 +256,7 @@ ethernet_set_flags (vnet_main_t * vnm, u32 hw_if_index, u32 flags)
   return (u32)~0;
 }
 
-#define VNET_SIMULATED_ETHERNET_TX_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT VNET_INTERFACE_TX_N_NEXT
-
-/* Echo packets back to ethernet input. */
+/* Echo packets back to ethernet/l2-input. */
 static uword
 simulated_ethernet_interface_tx (vlib_main_t * vm,
 				 vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
@@ -265,9 +264,22 @@ simulated_ethernet_interface_tx (vlib_main_t * vm,
 {
   u32 n_left_from, n_left_to_next, n_copy, * from, * to_next;
   u32 next_index = VNET_SIMULATED_ETHERNET_TX_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT;
-  u32 i;
+  u32 i, next_node_index, bvi_flag, sw_if_index;
+  u32 n_pkts = 0, n_bytes = 0;
+  u32 cpu_index = vm->cpu_index;
+  vnet_main_t * vnm = vnet_get_main();
+  vnet_interface_main_t * im = &vnm->interface_main;
+  vlib_node_main_t * nm = &vm->node_main;
+  vlib_node_t *loop_node;
   vlib_buffer_t * b;
 
+  // check tx node index, it is ethernet-input on loopback create
+  // but can be changed to l2-input if loopback is configured as 
+  // BVI of a BD (Bridge Domain).
+  loop_node = vec_elt (nm->nodes, node->node_index);
+  next_node_index = loop_node->next_nodes[next_index];
+  bvi_flag = (next_node_index == l2input_node.index)? 1 : 0;
+
   n_left_from = frame->n_vectors;
   from = vlib_frame_args (frame);
 
@@ -280,16 +292,32 @@ simulated_ethernet_interface_tx (vlib_main_t * vm,
       clib_memcpy (to_next, from, n_copy * sizeof (from[0]));
       n_left_to_next -= n_copy;
       n_left_from -= n_copy;
-      for (i = 0; i < n_copy; i++)
+      i = 0;
+      b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, from[i]);
+      sw_if_index =  vnet_buffer (b)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
+      while (1)
 	{
-	  b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, from[i]);
-          /* Set up RX and TX indices as if received from a real driver */
-	  vnet_buffer (b)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX] = 
-              vnet_buffer (b)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX];
-          vnet_buffer (b)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] = (u32) ~0;
+	  // Set up RX and TX indices as if received from a real driver
+	  // unless loopback is used as a BVI. For BVI case, leave TX index 
+	  // and update l2_len in packet as required for l2 forwarding path
+	  vnet_buffer (b)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX] = sw_if_index;
+	  if (bvi_flag) vnet_update_l2_len(b);
+	  else vnet_buffer (b)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] = (u32) ~0;
+
+	  i++;
+	  n_pkts++;
+	  n_bytes += vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vm, b);
+
+	  if (i < n_copy) b = vlib_get_buffer (vm, from[i]);
+	  else break;
 	}
 
       vlib_put_next_frame (vm, node, next_index, n_left_to_next);
+
+      /* increment TX interface stat */
+      vlib_increment_combined_counter (
+	  im->combined_sw_if_counters + VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
+	  cpu_index, sw_if_index, n_pkts, n_bytes);
     }
 
   return n_left_from;
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/interface_funcs.h b/vnet/vnet/interface_funcs.h
index ab89b94e..9d6fe48e 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/interface_funcs.h
+++ b/vnet/vnet/interface_funcs.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ typedef enum {
   VNET_INTERFACE_TX_N_NEXT,
 } vnet_interface_tx_next_t;
 
+#define VNET_SIMULATED_ETHERNET_TX_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT VNET_INTERFACE_TX_N_NEXT
+
 typedef enum {
   VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_ERROR_INTERFACE_DOWN,
   VNET_INTERFACE_OUTPUT_ERROR_INTERFACE_DELETED,
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bd.h b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bd.h
index 9ff0a864..034f2b39 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bd.h
+++ b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bd.h
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ typedef struct {
   // set to ~0 if there is no BVI
   u32 bvi_sw_if_index;
 
-  // output node index for bvi interface before it was changed to l2-input
-  u32 saved_bvi_output_node_index;
-
   // bridge domain id, not to be confused with bd_index
   u32 bd_id;
 
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bvi.h b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bvi.h
index ca567337..b3b20d63 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bvi.h
+++ b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_bvi.h
@@ -86,35 +86,6 @@ l2_to_bvi (vlib_main_t * vlib_main,
   return TO_BVI_ERR_OK;
 }
 
-
-// Prepare a packet that was sent to the BVI interface for L2 processing.
-
-static_always_inline void 
-bvi_to_l2 (vlib_main_t * vlib_main,
-           vnet_main_t * vnet_main,
-           u32 cpu_index,
-           vlib_buffer_t * b0,
-           u32 bvi_sw_if_index)
-{
-  // Set the input interface to be the BVI interface
-  vnet_buffer(b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX] = bvi_sw_if_index;
-  vnet_buffer(b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] = ~0;
-
-  // Update l2_len in packet which is expected by l2 path, 
-  // including l2 tag push/pop code on output
-  vnet_update_l2_len(b0);
-
-  // increment BVI TX interface stat
-  vlib_increment_combined_counter 
-      (vnet_main->interface_main.combined_sw_if_counters
-       + VNET_INTERFACE_COUNTER_TX,
-       cpu_index,
-       bvi_sw_if_index,
-       1,
-       vlib_buffer_length_in_chain (vlib_main, b0));
-}
-
-
 void
 l2bvi_register_input_type (vlib_main_t * vm,
                            ethernet_type_t type,
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.c b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.c
index ee8f788f..870aff68 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.c
+++ b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.c
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
 #include <vppinfra/hash.h>
 #include <vppinfra/cache.h>
 
-extern clib_error_t *
-vnet_per_buffer_interface_output_hw_interface_add_del (
-    vnet_main_t * vnm, u32 hw_if_index, u32 is_create);
 
 // Feature graph node names
 static char * l2input_feat_names[] = {
@@ -74,8 +71,6 @@ static u8 * format_l2input_trace (u8 * s, va_list * args)
 
 l2input_main_t l2input_main;
 
-static vlib_node_registration_t l2input_node;
-
 #define foreach_l2input_error			\
 _(L2INPUT,     "L2 input packets")		\
 _(DROP,        "L2 input drops")
@@ -135,7 +130,6 @@ classify_and_dispatch (vlib_main_t * vm,
   ethernet_header_t * h0;
   u8 * l3h0;
   u32 sw_if_index0;
-  u8 bvi_flg = 0;
 
 #define get_u32(addr) ( *((u32 *)(addr)) )
 #define get_u16(addr) ( *((u16 *)(addr)) )
@@ -143,19 +137,6 @@ classify_and_dispatch (vlib_main_t * vm,
 #define STATS_IF_LAYER2_MCAST_INPUT_CNT 1
 #define STATS_IF_LAYER2_BCAST_INPUT_CNT 2
 
-  // Check for from-BVI processing
-  // When we come from ethernet-input, TX is ~0
-  if (PREDICT_FALSE (vnet_buffer(b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] != ~0)) {
-    // Set up for a from-bvi packet
-    bvi_to_l2 (vm, 
-               msm->vnet_main, 
-               cpu_index, 
-               b0, 
-               vnet_buffer(b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX]);
-    bvi_flg = 1;
-  }
-
-  // The RX interface can be changed by bvi_to_l2()
   sw_if_index0 = vnet_buffer(b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_RX];
 
   h0 = vlib_buffer_get_current (b0);
@@ -217,8 +198,8 @@ classify_and_dispatch (vlib_main_t * vm,
   // Get config for the input interface
   config = vec_elt_at_index(msm->configs, sw_if_index0);
 
-  // Save split horizon group, use 0 for BVI to make sure not dropped
-  vnet_buffer(b0)->l2.shg = bvi_flg ? 0 : config->shg;
+  // Save split horizon group
+  vnet_buffer(b0)->l2.shg = config->shg;
 
   if (config->xconnect) {
     // Set the output interface
@@ -226,6 +207,13 @@ classify_and_dispatch (vlib_main_t * vm,
 
   } else {
 
+    // Check for from-BVI processing, TX is non-~0 if from BVI loopback
+    // Set SHG for BVI packets to 0 so it is not dropped for VXLAN tunnels
+    if (PREDICT_FALSE (vnet_buffer(b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] != ~0)) {
+      vnet_buffer(b0)->sw_if_index[VLIB_TX] = ~0;
+      vnet_buffer(b0)->l2.shg = 0;
+    }
+
     // Do bridge-domain processing
     bd_index0 = config->bd_index;
     // save BD ID for next feature graph nodes
@@ -424,7 +412,7 @@ l2input_node_fn (vlib_main_t * vm,
 }
 
 
-VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (l2input_node,static) = {
+VLIB_REGISTER_NODE (l2input_node) = {
   .function = l2input_node_fn,
   .name = "l2-input",
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
@@ -536,6 +524,7 @@ u32 set_int_l2_mode (vlib_main_t * vm,
   l2_flood_member_t member;
   u64 mac;
   i32 l2_if_adjust = 0; 
+  u32 slot;
 
   hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnet_main, sw_if_index);
 
@@ -554,16 +543,15 @@ u32 set_int_l2_mode (vlib_main_t * vm,
       bd_config->bvi_sw_if_index = ~0;
       config->bvi = 0;
 
-      // restore output node
-      hi->output_node_index = bd_config->saved_bvi_output_node_index;
-
       // delete the l2fib entry for the bvi interface
       mac = *((u64 *)hi->hw_address);
       l2fib_del_entry (mac, config->bd_index);
 
-      // Let interface-output node know that the output node index changed
-      vnet_per_buffer_interface_output_hw_interface_add_del(
-	  vnet_main, hi->hw_if_index, 0);
+      // Make loop output node send packet back to ethernet-input node
+      slot = vlib_node_add_named_next_with_slot (
+	  vm, hi->tx_node_index, "ethernet-input",
+	  VNET_SIMULATED_ETHERNET_TX_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT);
+      ASSERT (slot == VNET_SIMULATED_ETHERNET_TX_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT);
     } 
     l2_if_adjust--;
   } else if (config->xconnect) {
@@ -636,10 +624,6 @@ u32 set_int_l2_mode (vlib_main_t * vm,
         bd_config->bvi_sw_if_index = sw_if_index;
         config->bvi = 1;
 
-        // make BVI outputs go to l2-input
-        bd_config->saved_bvi_output_node_index = hi->output_node_index;
-        hi->output_node_index = l2input_node.index;
-
         // create the l2fib entry for the bvi interface
         mac = *((u64 *)hi->hw_address);
         l2fib_add_entry (mac, bd_index, sw_if_index, 1, 0, 1);  // static + bvi
@@ -647,10 +631,11 @@ u32 set_int_l2_mode (vlib_main_t * vm,
         // Disable learning by default. no use since l2fib entry is static.
         config->feature_bitmap &= ~L2INPUT_FEAT_LEARN;
 
-	// Let interface-output node know that the output node index changed
-        // so output can be sent via BVI to BD
-	vnet_per_buffer_interface_output_hw_interface_add_del(
-	    vnet_main, hi->hw_if_index, 0);
+	// Make loop output node send packet to l2-input node
+	slot = vlib_node_add_named_next_with_slot (
+	    vm, hi->tx_node_index, "l2-input",
+	    VNET_SIMULATED_ETHERNET_TX_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT);
+	ASSERT (slot == VNET_SIMULATED_ETHERNET_TX_NEXT_ETHERNET_INPUT);
       }
 
       // Add interface to bridge-domain flood vector
diff --git a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.h b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.h
index a1cd0374..1e5c1f0a 100644
--- a/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.h
+++ b/vnet/vnet/l2/l2_input.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 extern l2input_main_t l2input_main;
 
+extern vlib_node_registration_t l2input_node;
+
 static_always_inline l2_bridge_domain_t * 
 l2input_bd_config_from_index (l2input_main_t * l2im, u32 bd_index)
 {