摘要:
A technique is provided to delete a leaf from a Patricia tree having a direct table and a plurality of PSCB's which decode portions of the pattern of a leaf in the tree without shutting down the functioning of the tree. A leaf having a pattern is identified as a leaf to be deleted. Using the pattern, the tree is walked to identify the location of the leaf to be deleted. The leaf to be deleted is identified and deleted, and any relevant PSCB modified, if necessary. The technique also is applicable to deleting a prefix of a prefix.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are used for finding the longest prefix match in a variable length prefix search when searching a direct table within a routing table structure of a network processor. The search through the routing table structure is expedited by hashing a first segment of an internet protocol address with a virtual private network number followed by concatenating the unhashed bits of the IP address to the result of the hash operation to form an input key. Patterns are compared a bit at a time until an exact match or the best match is found. The search is conducted in a search tree that provides that the matching results will be the best possible match.
摘要:
A method and structure for determining when a frame of information comprised of one or more buffers of data being transmitted in a network processor has completed transmission is provided. The network processor includes several control blocks, one for each data buffer, each containing control information linking one buffer to another. Each control block has a last bit feature which is a single bit settable to “one or “zero” and indicates the transmission of when the data buffer having the last bit. The last bit is in a first position when an additional data buffer is to be chained to a previous data buffer indicating an additional data buffer is to be transmitted and a second position when no additional data buffer is to be chained to a previous data buffer. The position of the last bit is communicated to the network processor indicating the ending of a particular frame.
摘要:
Dynamic data search structures are described that are capable of handling large numbers of active entries and a high rate of additions and deletions of active entries while complying with 2MSL requirements and providing precise time-out capabilities. A free queue which is integrated with the timing loop of session entries provides available sessions for new entries in the search structure and removes obsolete sessions from the tree. Multiples of such timing loops can be used to maintain multiple timing intervals. One such timing loop may contain soft entries still attached to the search structure but which are eligible to be removed and to be reused to accommodate new sessions. A spare buffer pool is also included in the data structure to add and remove buffers to maintain delays.
摘要:
Systems and methods for distributing thread instructions in the pipeline of a multi-threading digital processor are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and software are disclosed for successively selecting threads in an ordered sequence for execution in the processor pipeline. If a thread to be selected cannot execute, then a complementary thread is selected for execution.
摘要:
A method and structure is provided for buffering data packets having a header and a remainder in a network processor system. The network processor system has a processor on a chip and at least one buffer on the chip. Each buffer on the chip is configured to buffer the header of the packets in a preselected order before execution in the processor, and the remainder of the packet is stored in an external buffer apart from the chip. The method comprises utilizing the header information to identify the location and extent of the remainder of the packet. The entire selected packet is stored in the external buffer when the buffer of the stored header of the given packet is full, and moving only the header of a selected packet stored in the external buffer to the buffer on the chip when the buffer on the chip has space therefor.
摘要:
A pipeline configuration is described for use in network traffic management for the hardware scheduling of events arranged in a hierarchical linkage. The configuration reduces costs by minimizing the use of external SRAM memory devices. This results in some external memory devices being shared by different types of control blocks, such as flow queue control blocks, frame control blocks and hierarchy control blocks. Both SRAM and DRAM memory devices are used, depending on the content of the control block (Read-Modify-Write or ‘read’ only) at enqueue and dequeue, or Read-Modify-Write solely at dequeue. The scheduler utilizes time-based calendars and weighted fair queueing calendars in the egress calendar design. Control blocks that are accessed infrequently are stored in DRAM memory while those accessed frequently are stored in SRAM.
摘要:
Techniques and articles of manufacture are provided comprising computer readable programs that, when executed on the computer, cause the computer to delete a leaf from a Patricia tree having a direct table and a plurality of PSCB's which decode portions of the pattern of a leaf in the tree without shutting down the functioning of the tree. A leaf having a pattern is identified as a leaf to be deleted. Using the pattern, the tree is walked to identify the location of the leaf to be deleted. The leaf to be deleted is identified and deleted, and any relevant PSCB modified, if necessary. The technique also is applicable to deleting a prefix of a prefix.
摘要:
A technique is provided to either insert or delete a leaf in a Patricia tree having a direct table and a plurality of PSCB's which decode portions of the pattern of a leaf in the tree without shutting down the functioning of the tree. A leaf having a pattern is identified as either a leaf to be inserted or deleted. Using the pattern, the tree is walked once to identify the location of the leaf to be deleted or the location where the leaf is to be inserted. If it is a delete operation, the leaf to be deleted is identified and deleted, and any relevant PSCB modified, if necessary. If it is an insert operation, the tree is walked a second time to insert the leaf and reform or create any PSCB in the chain that needs to be reformed or created. The technique also is applicable to inserting or deleting a prefix of a prefix.
摘要:
A tree structure and method to organize routing information for processing messages within a network, each message being associated with a search key of “n” bits. The processing determines where to send the message next. The structure has a direct table (DT) of 2x entries for decoding the first “x” bits of the search key, and one or more pattern search control blocks (PSCB's), each having 2m entries for decoding subsequent groups of “m” bits. Each PSCB entry and DT entry includes a pointer to data associated with a specific route, if at this point a specific routing table entry is a potential match to the search key or a pointer to a subsequent PSCB if the end of a search trail is not identified. Each PSCB entry DT entry also indicates that the search has been resolved to the end of the search trail.