2 * Random policy for multipath.
5 * Version: $Id: multipath_random.c,v 1.1.2.3 2004/09/21 08:42:11 elueck Exp $
7 * Authors: Einar Lueck <elueck@de.ibm.com><lkml@einar-lueck.de>
9 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
11 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
12 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
15 #include <asm/system.h>
16 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
17 #include <linux/types.h>
18 #include <linux/errno.h>
19 #include <linux/timer.h>
21 #include <linux/kernel.h>
22 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
23 #include <linux/stat.h>
24 #include <linux/socket.h>
26 #include <linux/inet.h>
27 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
28 #include <linux/inetdevice.h>
29 #include <linux/igmp.h>
30 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
31 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
32 #include <linux/module.h>
33 #include <linux/mroute.h>
34 #include <linux/init.h>
36 #include <net/protocol.h>
37 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
42 #include <linux/notifier.h>
43 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
44 #include <linux/netfilter_ipv4.h>
46 #include <net/checksum.h>
47 #include <net/ip_mp_alg.h>
49 #define MULTIPATH_MAX_CANDIDATES 40
51 /* interface to random number generation */
52 static unsigned int RANDOM_SEED = 93186752;
54 static inline unsigned int random(unsigned int ubound)
56 static unsigned int a = 1588635695,
60 RANDOM_SEED = a*(RANDOM_SEED % q) - r*(RANDOM_SEED / q);
62 return RANDOM_SEED % ubound;
66 static void random_select_route(const struct flowi *flp,
71 struct rtable *decision;
72 unsigned char candidate_count = 0;
74 /* count all candidate */
75 for (rt = rcu_dereference(first); rt;
76 rt = rcu_dereference(rt->u.dst.rt_next)) {
77 if ((rt->u.dst.flags & DST_BALANCED) != 0 &&
78 multipath_comparekeys(&rt->fl, flp))
82 /* choose a random candidate */
84 if (candidate_count > 1) {
86 unsigned char candidate_no = (unsigned char)
87 random(candidate_count);
89 /* find chosen candidate and adjust GC data for all candidates
90 * to ensure they stay in cache
92 for (rt = first; rt; rt = rt->u.dst.rt_next) {
93 if ((rt->u.dst.flags & DST_BALANCED) != 0 &&
94 multipath_comparekeys(&rt->fl, flp)) {
95 rt->u.dst.lastuse = jiffies;
97 if (i == candidate_no)
100 if (i >= candidate_count)
108 decision->u.dst.__use++;
112 static struct ip_mp_alg_ops random_ops = {
113 .mp_alg_select_route = random_select_route,
116 static int __init random_init(void)
118 return multipath_alg_register(&random_ops, IP_MP_ALG_RANDOM);
121 static void __exit random_exit(void)
123 multipath_alg_unregister(&random_ops, IP_MP_ALG_RANDOM);
126 module_init(random_init);
127 module_exit(random_exit);
128 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");