rte_table_lpm_ipv6_key(3)

💖 rte_table_lpm_ipv6_key 💖

okay bestie, so you know that page in the library manual called rte_table_lpm_ipv6_key? that's the one we're doing today, and honestly? she's lowkey iconic. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

rte_table_lpm_ipv6_key — the struct that describes one LPM table rule, aka a route, written out as an IP prefix. periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <rte_table_lpm_ipv6.h>

🎀 Data Fields 🎀

struct rte_ipv6_addr ip
uint8_t depth

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👑 Detailed Description 👑

so this thing is the LPM table rule (i.e. route), specified as an IP prefix. that's the whole vibe. 💅

here's the part that trips people up, so listen up: there are two totally different things going on here.

• the key used by the lookup operation is the destination IP address, read from the input packet meta-data
• but the entry add and entry delete operations work with LPM rules, and each rule covers for a multitude of lookup keys (destination IP addresses) that all share the same data (that's the next hop, bestie) 🔥

so one rule, many keys, one next hop. it's giving main character energy with a whole fanbase. no cap.

Definition at line 77 of file rte_table_lpm_ipv6.h.

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🌈 Field Documentation 🌈

🫶 struct rte_ipv6_addr ip

IP address. that's it, that's the field. 💖

Definition at line 79 of file rte_table_lpm_ipv6.h.

🧚 uint8_t depth

IP address depth. and okay let's break it down because this one's doing a lot:

• the most significant "depth" bits of the IP address specify the network part of the IP address
• while the rest of the bits specify the host part of the address, and those bits are ignored for the purpose of route specification 🙈

so whatever's hanging out in the host bits? irrelevant. the routing logic literally does not care. it's a vibe check and those bits did not pass. 💀

Definition at line 85 of file rte_table_lpm_ipv6.h.

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⭐ Author ⭐

Generated automatically by Doxygen for DPDK from the source code. (not a human typing away at 3am — the machine did it herself 🤖✨)

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aaaand that's the whole page, bestie!! you ate that 💅

this diva is from DPDK, Version 25.11.3, and she's filed under rte_table_lpm_ipv6_key(3) in the Library Functions Manual. mwah, go ship some routes 💜🌸🎀