bpf, lpm: make longest_prefix_match() faster
At LPC 2018 in Vancouver, Vlad Dumitrescu mentioned that longest_prefix_match() has a high cost [1]. One reason for that cost is a loop handling one byte at a time. We can handle more bytes at a time, if enough attention is paid to endianness. I was able to remove ~55 % of longest_prefix_match() cpu costs. [1] https://linuxplumbersconf.org/event/2/contributions/88/attachments/76/87/lpc-bpf-2018-shaping.pdf Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Vlad Dumitrescu <vladum@google.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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