Improve tunnel interface creation performance

Modify interface creation to allow creation of tunnel interfaces
without dedicated per tunnel output and tx nodes which are not
used for most tunnel types. Also changed interface-output node
function vnet_per_buffer_interface_output() so it does not rely
on hw_if_index as the next node index which is not flexible nor
efficient for large scale tunnel interfaces.

The improvenemts are done for VXLAN, VXLAN-GPE, GENEVE and GTPU
tunnels. GRE tunnel is still using per tunnel output nodes which
will be changed in a separate patch with other GRE enhencements.

Change-Id: I4123c01c0d2ead814417a867adb8c8a407e4df55
Signed-off-by: John Lo <loj@cisco.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/plugins/gtpu/gtpu.c b/src/plugins/gtpu/gtpu.c
index 96399f38579..eba0fa073b1 100755
--- a/src/plugins/gtpu/gtpu.c
+++ b/src/plugins/gtpu/gtpu.c
@@ -97,14 +97,6 @@ format_gtpu_name (u8 * s, va_list * args)
   return format (s, "gtpu_tunnel%d", dev_instance);
 }
 
-static uword
-dummy_interface_tx (vlib_main_t * vm,
-		    vlib_node_runtime_t * node, vlib_frame_t * frame)
-{
-  clib_warning ("you shouldn't be here, leaking buffers...");
-  return frame->n_vectors;
-}
-
 static clib_error_t *
 gtpu_interface_admin_up_down (vnet_main_t * vnm, u32 hw_if_index, u32 flags)
 {
@@ -120,7 +112,6 @@ VNET_DEVICE_CLASS (gtpu_device_class,static) = {
   .name = "GTPU",
   .format_device_name = format_gtpu_name,
   .format_tx_trace = format_gtpu_encap_trace,
-  .tx_function = dummy_interface_tx,
   .admin_up_down_function = gtpu_interface_admin_up_down,
 };
 /* *INDENT-ON* */
@@ -462,6 +453,11 @@ int vnet_gtpu_add_del_tunnel
 	  hi = vnet_get_hw_interface (vnm, hw_if_index);
 	}
 
+      /* Set gtpu tunnel output node */
+      u32 encap_index = !is_ip6 ?
+	gtpu4_encap_node.index : gtpu6_encap_node.index;
+      vnet_set_interface_output_node (vnm, hw_if_index, encap_index);
+
       t->hw_if_index = hw_if_index;
       t->sw_if_index = sw_if_index = hi->sw_if_index;
 
@@ -481,8 +477,6 @@ int vnet_gtpu_add_del_tunnel
 
       fib_node_init (&t->node, gtm->fib_node_type);
       fib_prefix_t tun_dst_pfx;
-      u32 encap_index = !is_ip6 ?
-	gtpu4_encap_node.index : gtpu6_encap_node.index;
       vnet_flood_class_t flood_class = VNET_FLOOD_CLASS_TUNNEL_NORMAL;
 
       fib_prefix_from_ip46_addr (&t->dst, &tun_dst_pfx);
@@ -573,9 +567,6 @@ int vnet_gtpu_add_del_tunnel
 	  flood_class = VNET_FLOOD_CLASS_TUNNEL_MASTER;
 	}
 
-      /* Set gtpu tunnel output node */
-      hi->output_node_index = encap_index;
-
       vnet_get_sw_interface (vnet_get_main (), sw_if_index)->flood_class =
 	flood_class;
     }