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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Netronome Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Johann H. Tönsing, Zwartkop, ZA;
Netronome Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A networking device includes a match table maintained on a first processor. The match table includes an entry that in turn includes an entry packet count. Packets of multiple flows result in matches to the entry. A set of bypass packet counts is maintained on a second processor of the networking device. There is one bypass packet count for each of the multiple paths through the first processor. A request for a 'system entry packet count' of an entry located in a match table on the first processor is received onto the networking device. All paths of all flows that could have resulted in matches of that entry are determined. The 'system entry packet count' is then determined by summing the entry packet count and the bypass packet counts for all those paths. A response is output from the networking device, where the response includes the “system entry packet count”.