US 12,463,901 B2
Method and apparatus for processing forwarding entry
Haiyan Chen, Wuhan (CN); Wanhong Meng, Shenzhen (CN); Yan Xu, Nanjing (CN); and Kai Du, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on May 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,383.
Application 18/316,383 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/128779, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011271278.4 (CN), filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0336457 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 45/74 (2022.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/74 (2013.01) [G06F 13/16 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing a forwarding entry, comprising:
receiving, via a forwarding chip, an entry operation packet through one or more data channels,
wherein the one or more data channels is/are all data channels or one or more of a plurality of preset data channels in a data forwarding device;
parsing, via the forwarding chip, the entry operation packet to obtain forwarding entry operation information; and
performing, via the forwarding chip, a target operation on a memory based on the forwarding entry operation information directly through a high-speed bus between the forwarding chip and the memory, wherein the target operation comprises adding an entry into the memory, deleting an entry from the memory, or modifying an entry in the memory,
wherein the forwarding chip is different from a central processing unit (CPU), in the data forwarding device, that is separately connected to the memory and the forwarding chip through at least one a bus.