[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] lpm: skip table entries update if rules found

[Yangchao Zhou <zhouyates@gmail.com>]

Table entries do not need to be updated if the same rules can be found.

Signed-off-by: Yangchao Zhou <zhouyates@gmail.com>
---
v1-v2: Skip updating when the next hop is the same as the current one
v2-v4: Coding style fix
---
 lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
index 268756419..b8a90e385 100644
--- a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
+++ b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ rule_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip_masked, uint8_t depth,
 
 			/* If rule already exists update its next_hop and return. */
 			if (lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].ip == ip_masked) {
+
+				if (lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].next_hop == next_hop)
+					return -EEXIST;
 				lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].next_hop = next_hop;
 
 				return rule_index;
@@ -674,6 +677,12 @@ rte_lpm_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip, uint8_t depth,
 	/* Add the rule to the rule table. */
 	rule_index = rule_add(lpm, ip_masked, depth, next_hop);
 
+	/* Skip table entries update if The rule is the same as
+	 * the rule in the rules table.
+	 */
+	if (rule_index == -EEXIST)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* If the is no space available for new rule return error. */
 	if (rule_index < 0) {
 		return rule_index;
-- 
2.17.1