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

[Yangchao Zhou]

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

Signed-off-by: Yangchao Zhou <zhouya...@gmail.com>
---
 lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
index 268756419..ee44fc4e5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
+++ b/lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ rule_add(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint32_t ip_masked, uint8_t 
depth,
                        if (lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].ip == ip_masked) {
                                lpm->rules_tbl[rule_index].next_hop = next_hop;
 
-                               return rule_index;
+                               return -EEXIST;
                        }
                }
 
@@ -674,6 +674,10 @@ 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 rule is found in rule 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