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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/fib_trie.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/fib_trie.txt) | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/index.rst | 1 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/fib_trie.txt b/Documentation/networking/fib_trie.rst index fe719388518b..f1435b7fcdb7 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/fib_trie.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/fib_trie.rst @@ -1,8 +1,12 @@ - LC-trie implementation notes. +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============================ +LC-trie implementation notes +============================ Node types ---------- -leaf +leaf An end node with data. This has a copy of the relevant key, along with 'hlist' with routing table entries sorted by prefix length. See struct leaf and struct leaf_info. @@ -13,7 +17,7 @@ trie node or tnode A few concepts explained ------------------------ -Bits (tnode) +Bits (tnode) The number of bits in the key segment used for indexing into the child array - the "child index". See Level Compression. @@ -23,7 +27,7 @@ Pos (tnode) Path Compression / skipped bits Any given tnode is linked to from the child array of its parent, using - a segment of the key specified by the parent's "pos" and "bits" + a segment of the key specified by the parent's "pos" and "bits" In certain cases, this tnode's own "pos" will not be immediately adjacent to the parent (pos+bits), but there will be some bits in the key skipped over because they represent a single path with no @@ -56,8 +60,8 @@ full_children Comments --------- -We have tried to keep the structure of the code as close to fib_hash as -possible to allow verification and help up reviewing. +We have tried to keep the structure of the code as close to fib_hash as +possible to allow verification and help up reviewing. fib_find_node() A good start for understanding this code. This function implements a diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 9ef6ef42bdc5..807abe25ae4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Contents: dns_resolver driver eql + fib_trie .. only:: subproject and html |