acl: fix for loop initial declaration
[vpp.git] / src / plugins / acl / hash_lookup.c
index ad55054..9a9a1ff 100644 (file)
@@ -53,6 +53,269 @@ hashtable_add_del(acl_main_t *am, clib_bihash_kv_48_8_t *kv, int is_add)
     BV (clib_bihash_add_del) (&am->acl_lookup_hash, kv, is_add);
 }
 
+/*
+ * TupleMerge
+ *
+ * Initial adaptation by Valerio Bruschi (valerio.bruschi@telecom-paristech.fr)
+ * based on the TupleMerge [1] simulator kindly made available
+ * by  James Daly (dalyjamese@gmail.com) and  Eric Torng (torng@cse.msu.edu)
+ * ( http://www.cse.msu.edu/~dalyjame/ or http://www.cse.msu.edu/~torng/ ),
+ * refactoring by Andrew Yourtchenko.
+ *
+ * [1] James Daly, Eric Torng "TupleMerge: Building Online Packet Classifiers
+ * by Omitting Bits", In Proc. IEEE ICCCN 2017, pp. 1-10
+ *
+ */
+
+static int
+count_bits (u64 word)
+{
+  int counter = 0;
+  while (word)
+    {
+      counter += word & 1;
+      word >>= 1;
+    }
+  return counter;
+}
+
+/* check if mask2 can be contained by mask1 */
+static u8
+first_mask_contains_second_mask(int is_ip6, fa_5tuple_t * mask1, fa_5tuple_t * mask2)
+{
+  int i;
+  if (is_ip6)
+    {
+      for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+        {
+          if ((mask1->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[i] & mask2->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[i]) !=
+              mask1->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[i])
+            return 0;
+          if ((mask1->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[i] & mask2->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[i]) !=
+              mask1->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[i])
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* check the pads, both masks must have it 0 */
+      u32 padcheck = 0;
+      int i;
+      for (i=0; i<6; i++) {
+        padcheck |= mask1->l3_zero_pad[i];
+        padcheck |= mask2->l3_zero_pad[i];
+      }
+      if (padcheck != 0)
+        return 0;
+      if ((mask1->ip4_addr[0].as_u32 & mask2->ip4_addr[0].as_u32) !=
+          mask1->ip4_addr[0].as_u32)
+        return 0;
+      if ((mask1->ip4_addr[1].as_u32 & mask2->ip4_addr[1].as_u32) !=
+          mask1->ip4_addr[1].as_u32)
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+  /* take care if port are not exact-match  */
+  if ((mask1->l4.as_u64 & mask2->l4.as_u64) != mask1->l4.as_u64)
+    return 0;
+
+  if ((mask1->pkt.as_u64 & mask2->pkt.as_u64) != mask1->pkt.as_u64)
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * TupleMerge:
+ *
+ * Consider the situation when we have to create a new table
+ * T for a given rule R. This occurs for the first rule inserted and
+ * for later rules if it is incompatible with all existing tables.
+ * In this event, we need to determine mT for a new table.
+ * Setting mT = mR is not a good strategy; if another similar,
+ * but slightly less specific, rule appears we will be unable to
+ * add it to T and will thus have to create another new table. We
+ * thus consider two factors: is the rule more strongly aligned
+ * with source or destination addresses (usually the two most
+ * important fields) and how much slack needs to be given to
+ * allow for other rules. If the source and destination addresses
+ * are close together (within 4 bits for our experiments), we use
+ * both of them. Otherwise, we drop the smaller (less specific)
+ * address and its associated port field from consideration; R is
+ * predominantly aligned with one of the two fields and should
+ * be grouped with other similar rules. This is similar to TSS
+ * dropping port fields, but since it is based on observable rule
+ * characteristics it is more likely to keep important fields and
+ * discard less useful ones.
+ * We then look at the absolute lengths of the addresses. If
+ * the address is long, we are more likely to try to add shorter
+ * lengths and likewise the reverse. We thus remove a few bits
+ * from both address fields with more bits removed from longer
+ * addresses. For 32 bit addresses, we remove 4 bits, 3 for more
+ * than 24, 2 for more than 16, and so on (so 8 and fewer bits
+ * don’t have any removed). We only do this for prefix fields like
+ * addresses; both range fields (like ports) and exact match fields
+ * (like protocol) should remain as they are.
+ */
+
+
+static u32
+shift_ip4_if(u32 mask, u32 thresh, int numshifts, u32 else_val)
+{
+  if (mask > thresh)
+     return clib_host_to_net_u32((clib_net_to_host_u32(mask) << numshifts) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+  else
+     return else_val;
+}
+
+static void
+relax_ip4_addr(ip4_address_t *ip4_mask, int relax2) {
+  int shifts_per_relax[2][4] = { { 6, 5, 4, 2 }, { 3, 2, 1, 1 } };
+
+  int *shifts = shifts_per_relax[relax2];
+  if(ip4_mask->as_u32 == 0xffffffff)
+    ip4_mask->as_u32 = clib_host_to_net_u32((clib_net_to_host_u32(ip4_mask->as_u32) << shifts[0])&0xFFFFFFFF);
+  else
+    ip4_mask->as_u32 = shift_ip4_if(ip4_mask->as_u32, 0xffffff00, shifts[1],
+                        shift_ip4_if(ip4_mask->as_u32, 0xffff0000, shifts[2],
+                          shift_ip4_if(ip4_mask->as_u32, 0xff000000, shifts[3], ip4_mask->as_u32)));
+}
+
+static void
+relax_ip6_addr(ip6_address_t *ip6_mask, int relax2) {
+  /*
+   * This "better than nothing" relax logic is based on heuristics
+   * from IPv6 knowledge, and may not be optimal.
+   * Some further tuning may be needed in the future.
+   */
+  if (ip6_mask->as_u64[0] == 0xffffffffffffffffULL) {
+    if (ip6_mask->as_u64[1] == 0xffffffffffffffffULL) {
+      /* relax a /128 down to /64  - likely to have more hosts */
+      ip6_mask->as_u64[1] = 0;
+    } else if (ip6_mask->as_u64[1] == 0) {
+      /* relax a /64 down to /56 - likely to have more subnets */
+      ip6_mask->as_u64[0] = clib_host_to_net_u64(0xffffffffffffff00ULL);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+relax_tuple(fa_5tuple_t *mask, int is_ip6, int relax2){
+       fa_5tuple_t save_mask = *mask;
+
+       int counter_s = 0, counter_d = 0;
+        if (is_ip6) {
+         int i;
+         for(i=0; i<2; i++){
+               counter_s += count_bits(mask->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[i]);
+               counter_d += count_bits(mask->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[i]);
+         }
+        } else {
+               counter_s += count_bits(mask->ip4_addr[0].as_u32);
+               counter_d += count_bits(mask->ip4_addr[1].as_u32);
+        }
+
+/*
+ * is the rule more strongly aligned with source or destination addresses
+ * (usually the two most important fields) and how much slack needs to be
+ * given to allow for other rules. If the source and destination addresses
+ * are close together (within 4 bits for our experiments), we use both of them.
+ * Otherwise, we drop the smaller (less specific) address and its associated
+ * port field from consideration
+ */
+       const int deltaThreshold = 4;
+       /* const int deltaThreshold = 8; if IPV6? */
+       int delta = counter_s - counter_d;
+       if (-delta > deltaThreshold) {
+                if (is_ip6)
+                 mask->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[1] = mask->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[0] = 0;
+                else
+                 mask->ip4_addr[0].as_u32 = 0;
+               mask->l4.port[0] = 0;
+        } else if (delta > deltaThreshold) {
+                if (is_ip6)
+                 mask->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[1] = mask->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[0] = 0;
+                else
+                 mask->ip4_addr[1].as_u32 = 0;
+               mask->l4.port[1] = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (is_ip6) {
+          relax_ip6_addr(&mask->ip6_addr[0], relax2);
+          relax_ip6_addr(&mask->ip6_addr[1], relax2);
+        } else {
+          relax_ip4_addr(&mask->ip4_addr[0], relax2);
+          relax_ip4_addr(&mask->ip4_addr[1], relax2);
+        }
+       mask->pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 0;
+       mask->pkt.l4_valid = 0;
+       if(!first_mask_contains_second_mask(is_ip6, mask, &save_mask)){
+               DBG( "TM-relaxing-ERROR");
+                *mask = save_mask;
+       }
+       DBG( "TM-relaxing-end");
+}
+
+
+static u32
+tm_assign_mask_type_index(acl_main_t *am, fa_5tuple_t *mask, int is_ip6, u32 lc_index)
+{
+       u32 mask_type_index = ~0;
+       u32 for_mask_type_index = ~0;
+       ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte;
+       int order_index;
+       /* look for existing mask comparable with the one in input */
+
+       hash_applied_mask_info_t **hash_applied_mask_info_vec = vec_elt_at_index(am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index, lc_index);
+       hash_applied_mask_info_t *minfo;
+
+        if (vec_len(*hash_applied_mask_info_vec) > 0) {
+           for(order_index = vec_len((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec)) -1; order_index >= 0; order_index--) {
+               minfo = vec_elt_at_index((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec), order_index);
+               for_mask_type_index = minfo->mask_type_index;
+               mte = vec_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, for_mask_type_index);
+               if(first_mask_contains_second_mask(is_ip6, &mte->mask, mask)){
+                       mask_type_index = (mte - am->ace_mask_type_pool);
+                       break;
+               }
+            }
+       }
+
+       if(~0 == mask_type_index) {
+               /* if no mask is found, then let's use a relaxed version of the original one, in order to be used by new ace_entries */
+               DBG( "TM-assigning mask type index-new one");
+               pool_get_aligned (am->ace_mask_type_pool, mte, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+               mask_type_index = mte - am->ace_mask_type_pool;
+
+               hash_applied_mask_info_t **hash_applied_mask_info_vec = vec_elt_at_index(am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index, lc_index);
+
+               int spot = vec_len((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec));
+               vec_validate((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec), spot);
+               minfo = vec_elt_at_index((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec), spot);
+               minfo->mask_type_index = mask_type_index;
+               minfo->num_entries = 0;
+               minfo->max_collisions = 0;
+               minfo->first_rule_index = ~0;
+
+               clib_memcpy(&mte->mask, mask, sizeof(mte->mask));
+               relax_tuple(&mte->mask, is_ip6, 0);
+
+               mte->refcount = 0;
+               /*
+                * We can use only 16 bits, since in the match there is only u16 field.
+                * Realistically, once you go to 64K of mask types, it is a huge
+                * problem anyway, so we might as well stop half way.
+                */
+               ASSERT(mask_type_index < 32768);
+       }
+       mte = am->ace_mask_type_pool + mask_type_index;
+       mte->refcount++;
+       return mask_type_index;
+}
+
+
 static void
 fill_applied_hash_ace_kv(acl_main_t *am,
                             applied_hash_ace_entry_t **applied_hash_aces,
@@ -64,15 +327,25 @@ fill_applied_hash_ace_kv(acl_main_t *am,
   applied_hash_ace_entry_t *pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), new_index);
   hash_acl_info_t *ha = vec_elt_at_index(am->hash_acl_infos, pae->acl_index);
 
-  memcpy(kv_key, &(vec_elt_at_index(ha->rules, pae->hash_ace_info_index)->match), sizeof(*kv_key));
-  /* initialize the sw_if_index and direction */
+  /* apply the mask to ace key */
+  hash_ace_info_t *ace_info = vec_elt_at_index(ha->rules, pae->hash_ace_info_index);
+  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte = vec_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, pae->mask_type_index);
+
+  u64 *pmatch = (u64 *) &ace_info->match;
+  u64 *pmask = (u64 *)&mte->mask;
+  u64 *pkey = (u64 *)kv->key;
+
+  *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++;
+  *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++;
+  *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++;
+  *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++;
+  *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++;
+  *pkey++ = *pmatch++ & *pmask++;
+
+  kv_key->pkt.mask_type_index_lsb = pae->mask_type_index;
   kv_key->pkt.lc_index = lc_index;
   kv_val->as_u64 = 0;
   kv_val->applied_entry_index = new_index;
-  kv_val->need_portrange_check = vec_elt_at_index(ha->rules, pae->hash_ace_info_index)->src_portrange_not_powerof2 ||
-                                  vec_elt_at_index(ha->rules, pae->hash_ace_info_index)->dst_portrange_not_powerof2;
-  /* by default assume all values are shadowed -> check all mask types */
-  kv_val->shadowed = 1;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -88,8 +361,150 @@ add_del_hashtable_entry(acl_main_t *am,
 }
 
 
+static u32
+find_mask_type_index(acl_main_t *am, fa_5tuple_t *mask)
+{
+  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte;
+  /* *INDENT-OFF* */
+  pool_foreach(mte, am->ace_mask_type_pool,
+  ({
+    if(memcmp(&mte->mask, mask, sizeof(*mask)) == 0)
+      return (mte - am->ace_mask_type_pool);
+  }));
+  /* *INDENT-ON* */
+  return ~0;
+}
+
+static u32
+assign_mask_type_index(acl_main_t *am, fa_5tuple_t *mask)
+{
+  u32 mask_type_index = find_mask_type_index(am, mask);
+  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte;
+  if(~0 == mask_type_index) {
+    pool_get_aligned (am->ace_mask_type_pool, mte, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
+    mask_type_index = mte - am->ace_mask_type_pool;
+    clib_memcpy(&mte->mask, mask, sizeof(mte->mask));
+    mte->refcount = 0;
+    /*
+     * We can use only 16 bits, since in the match there is only u16 field.
+     * Realistically, once you go to 64K of mask types, it is a huge
+     * problem anyway, so we might as well stop half way.
+     */
+    ASSERT(mask_type_index < 32768);
+  }
+  mte = am->ace_mask_type_pool + mask_type_index;
+  mte->refcount++;
+  return mask_type_index;
+}
+
+static void
+release_mask_type_index(acl_main_t *am, u32 mask_type_index)
+{
+  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte = pool_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, mask_type_index);
+  mte->refcount--;
+  if (mte->refcount == 0) {
+    /* we are not using this entry anymore */
+    pool_put(am->ace_mask_type_pool, mte);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+remake_hash_applied_mask_info_vec (acl_main_t * am,
+                                   applied_hash_ace_entry_t **
+                                   applied_hash_aces, u32 lc_index)
+{
+  hash_applied_mask_info_t *new_hash_applied_mask_info_vec =
+    vec_new (hash_applied_mask_info_t, 0);
+
+  hash_applied_mask_info_t *minfo;
+  int i;
+  for (i = 0; i < vec_len ((*applied_hash_aces)); i++)
+    {
+      applied_hash_ace_entry_t *pae =
+        vec_elt_at_index ((*applied_hash_aces), i);
+
+      /* check if mask_type_index is already there */
+      u32 new_pointer = vec_len (new_hash_applied_mask_info_vec);
+      int search;
+      for (search = 0; search < vec_len (new_hash_applied_mask_info_vec);
+           search++)
+        {
+          minfo = vec_elt_at_index (new_hash_applied_mask_info_vec, search);
+          if (minfo->mask_type_index == pae->mask_type_index)
+            break;
+        }
+       
+      vec_validate ((new_hash_applied_mask_info_vec), search);
+      minfo = vec_elt_at_index ((new_hash_applied_mask_info_vec), search);
+      if (search == new_pointer)
+        {
+          minfo->mask_type_index = pae->mask_type_index;
+          minfo->num_entries = 0;
+          minfo->max_collisions = 0;
+          minfo->first_rule_index = ~0;
+        }
+
+      minfo->num_entries = minfo->num_entries + 1;
+
+      if (vec_len (pae->colliding_rules) > minfo->max_collisions)
+        minfo->max_collisions = vec_len (pae->colliding_rules);
+
+      if (minfo->first_rule_index > i)
+        minfo->first_rule_index = i;
+    }
+
+  hash_applied_mask_info_t **hash_applied_mask_info_vec =
+    vec_elt_at_index (am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index, lc_index);
+
+  vec_free ((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec));
+  (*hash_applied_mask_info_vec) = new_hash_applied_mask_info_vec;
+}
+
+static void
+vec_del_collision_rule (collision_match_rule_t ** pvec,
+                        u32 applied_entry_index)
+{
+  u32 i;
+  for (i = 0; i < vec_len ((*pvec)); i++)
+    {
+      collision_match_rule_t *cr = vec_elt_at_index ((*pvec), i);
+      if (cr->applied_entry_index == applied_entry_index)
+        {
+          vec_del1 ((*pvec), i);
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 static void
+del_colliding_rule (applied_hash_ace_entry_t ** applied_hash_aces,
+                    u32 head_index, u32 applied_entry_index)
+{
+  applied_hash_ace_entry_t *head_pae =
+    vec_elt_at_index ((*applied_hash_aces), head_index);
+  vec_del_collision_rule (&head_pae->colliding_rules, applied_entry_index);
+}
+
+static void
+add_colliding_rule (acl_main_t * am,
+                    applied_hash_ace_entry_t ** applied_hash_aces,
+                    u32 head_index, u32 applied_entry_index)
+{
+  applied_hash_ace_entry_t *head_pae =
+    vec_elt_at_index ((*applied_hash_aces), head_index);
+  applied_hash_ace_entry_t *pae =
+    vec_elt_at_index ((*applied_hash_aces), applied_entry_index);
+
+  collision_match_rule_t cr;
+
+  cr.acl_index = pae->acl_index;
+  cr.ace_index = pae->ace_index;
+  cr.acl_position = pae->acl_position;
+  cr.applied_entry_index = applied_entry_index;
+  cr.rule = am->acls[pae->acl_index].rules[pae->ace_index];
+  vec_add1 (head_pae->colliding_rules, cr);
+}
+
+static u32
 activate_applied_ace_hash_entry(acl_main_t *am,
                             u32 lc_index,
                             applied_hash_ace_entry_t **applied_hash_aces,
@@ -126,34 +541,27 @@ activate_applied_ace_hash_entry(acl_main_t *am,
     pae->prev_applied_entry_index = last_index;
     /* adjust the pointer to the new tail */
     first_pae->tail_applied_entry_index = new_index;
+    add_colliding_rule(am, applied_hash_aces, first_index, new_index);
+    return first_index;
   } else {
     /* It's the very first entry */
     hashtable_add_del(am, &kv, 1);
     ASSERT(new_index != ~0);
     pae->tail_applied_entry_index = new_index;
+    add_colliding_rule(am, applied_hash_aces, new_index, new_index);
+    return new_index;
   }
 }
 
-static void
-applied_hash_entries_analyze(acl_main_t *am, applied_hash_ace_entry_t **applied_hash_aces)
-{
-  /*
-   * Go over the rules and check which ones are shadowed and which aren't.
-   * Naive approach: try to match the match value from every ACE as if it
-   * was a live packet, and see if the resulting match happens earlier in the list.
-   * if it does not match or it is later in the ACL - then the entry is not shadowed.
-   *
-   * This approach fails, an example:
-   *   deny tcp 2001:db8::/32 2001:db8::/32
-   *   permit ip 2001:db8::1/128 2001:db8::2/128
-   */
-}
 
 static void *
 hash_acl_set_heap(acl_main_t *am)
 {
   if (0 == am->hash_lookup_mheap) {
     am->hash_lookup_mheap = mheap_alloc (0 /* use VM */ , am->hash_lookup_mheap_size);
+    if (0 == am->hash_lookup_mheap) {
+      clib_error("ACL plugin failed to allocate hash lookup heap of %U bytes, abort", format_memory_size, am->hash_lookup_mheap_size);
+    }
     mheap_t *h = mheap_header (am->hash_lookup_mheap);
     h->flags |= MHEAP_FLAG_THREAD_SAFE;
   }
@@ -190,6 +598,41 @@ acl_plugin_hash_acl_set_trace_heap(int on)
   }
 }
 
+static void
+assign_mask_type_index_to_pae(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int is_ip6, applied_hash_ace_entry_t *pae)
+{
+  hash_acl_info_t *ha = vec_elt_at_index(am->hash_acl_infos, pae->acl_index);
+  hash_ace_info_t *ace_info = vec_elt_at_index(ha->rules, pae->hash_ace_info_index);
+
+  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte;
+  fa_5tuple_t *mask;
+  /*
+   * Start taking base_mask associated to ace, and essentially copy it.
+   * With TupleMerge we will assign a relaxed mask here.
+   */
+  mte = vec_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, ace_info->base_mask_type_index);
+  mask = &mte->mask;
+  if (am->use_tuple_merge)
+    pae->mask_type_index = tm_assign_mask_type_index(am, mask, is_ip6, lc_index);
+  else
+    pae->mask_type_index = assign_mask_type_index(am, mask);
+}
+
+static void
+split_partition(acl_main_t *am, u32 first_index,
+                            u32 lc_index, int is_ip6);
+
+
+static void
+check_collision_count_and_maybe_split(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int is_ip6, u32 first_index)
+{
+  applied_hash_ace_entry_t **applied_hash_aces = get_applied_hash_aces(am, lc_index);
+  applied_hash_ace_entry_t *first_pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), first_index);
+  if (vec_len(first_pae->colliding_rules) > am->tuple_merge_split_threshold) {
+    split_partition(am, first_index, lc_index, is_ip6);
+  }
+}
+
 void
 hash_acl_apply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index, u32 acl_position)
 {
@@ -234,8 +677,6 @@ hash_acl_apply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index, u32 acl_position)
   }
   vec_add1((*hash_acl_applied_lc_index), lc_index);
 
-  pal->mask_type_index_bitmap = clib_bitmap_or(pal->mask_type_index_bitmap,
-                                     ha->mask_type_index_bitmap);
   /*
    * if the applied ACL is empty, the current code will cause a
    * different behavior compared to current linear search: an empty ACL will
@@ -249,8 +690,10 @@ hash_acl_apply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index, u32 acl_position)
   /* expand the applied aces vector by the necessary amount */
   vec_resize((*applied_hash_aces), vec_len(ha->rules));
 
+  vec_validate(am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index, lc_index);
   /* add the rules from the ACL to the hash table for lookup and append to the vector*/
   for(i=0; i < vec_len(ha->rules); i++) {
+    int is_ip6 = ha->rules[i].match.pkt.is_ip6;
     u32 new_index = base_offset + i;
     applied_hash_ace_entry_t *pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), new_index);
     pae->acl_index = acl_index;
@@ -263,9 +706,14 @@ hash_acl_apply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index, u32 acl_position)
     pae->next_applied_entry_index = ~0;
     pae->prev_applied_entry_index = ~0;
     pae->tail_applied_entry_index = ~0;
-    activate_applied_ace_hash_entry(am, lc_index, applied_hash_aces, new_index);
+    pae->colliding_rules = NULL;
+    pae->mask_type_index = ~0;
+    assign_mask_type_index_to_pae(am, lc_index, is_ip6, pae);
+    u32 first_index = activate_applied_ace_hash_entry(am, lc_index, applied_hash_aces, new_index);
+    if (am->use_tuple_merge)
+      check_collision_count_and_maybe_split(am, lc_index, is_ip6, first_index);
   }
-  applied_hash_entries_analyze(am, applied_hash_aces);
+  remake_hash_applied_mask_info_vec(am, applied_hash_aces, lc_index);
 done:
   clib_mem_set_heap (oldheap);
 }
@@ -347,13 +795,14 @@ deactivate_applied_ace_hash_entry(acl_main_t *am,
     applied_hash_ace_entry_t *prev_pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), pae->prev_applied_entry_index);
     ASSERT(prev_pae->next_applied_entry_index == old_index);
     prev_pae->next_applied_entry_index = pae->next_applied_entry_index;
+
+    u32 head_index = find_head_applied_ace_index(applied_hash_aces, old_index);
+    ASSERT(head_index != ~0);
+    applied_hash_ace_entry_t *head_pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), head_index);
+    del_colliding_rule(applied_hash_aces, head_index, old_index);
+
     if (pae->next_applied_entry_index == ~0) {
       /* it was a last entry we removed, update the pointer on the first one */
-      u32 head_index = find_head_applied_ace_index(applied_hash_aces, old_index);
-      DBG("UNAPPLY = index %d head index to update %d", old_index, head_index);
-      ASSERT(head_index != ~0);
-      applied_hash_ace_entry_t *head_pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), head_index);
-
       ASSERT(head_pae->tail_applied_entry_index == old_index);
       head_pae->tail_applied_entry_index = pae->prev_applied_entry_index;
     } else {
@@ -367,7 +816,9 @@ deactivate_applied_ace_hash_entry(acl_main_t *am,
       applied_hash_ace_entry_t *next_pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), pae->next_applied_entry_index);
       ASSERT(pae->tail_applied_entry_index != ~0);
       next_pae->tail_applied_entry_index = pae->tail_applied_entry_index;
-      DBG("Resetting the hash table entry from %d to %d, setting tail index to %d", old_index, pae->next_applied_entry_index, pae->tail_applied_entry_index);
+      /* Remove ourselves and transfer the ownership of the colliding rules vector */
+      del_colliding_rule(applied_hash_aces, old_index, old_index);
+      next_pae->colliding_rules = pae->colliding_rules;
       /* unlink from the next element */
       next_pae->prev_applied_entry_index = ~0;
       add_del_hashtable_entry(am, lc_index,
@@ -378,36 +829,18 @@ deactivate_applied_ace_hash_entry(acl_main_t *am,
                               applied_hash_aces, old_index, 0);
     }
   }
+
+  release_mask_type_index(am, pae->mask_type_index);
   /* invalidate the old entry */
+  pae->mask_type_index = ~0;
   pae->prev_applied_entry_index = ~0;
   pae->next_applied_entry_index = ~0;
   pae->tail_applied_entry_index = ~0;
+  /* always has to be 0 */
+  pae->colliding_rules = NULL;
 }
 
 
-static void
-hash_acl_build_applied_lookup_bitmap(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index)
-{
-  int i;
-  uword *new_lookup_bitmap = 0;
-
-  applied_hash_acl_info_t **applied_hash_acls = &am->applied_hash_acl_info_by_lc_index;
-  vec_validate((*applied_hash_acls), lc_index);
-  applied_hash_acl_info_t *pal = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_acls), lc_index);
-
-  for(i=0; i < vec_len(pal->applied_acls); i++) {
-    u32 a_acl_index = *vec_elt_at_index((pal->applied_acls), i);
-    hash_acl_info_t *ha = vec_elt_at_index(am->hash_acl_infos, a_acl_index);
-    DBG("Update bitmask = %U or %U (acl_index %d)\n", format_bitmap_hex, new_lookup_bitmap,
-          format_bitmap_hex, ha->mask_type_index_bitmap, a_acl_index);
-    new_lookup_bitmap = clib_bitmap_or(new_lookup_bitmap,
-                                       ha->mask_type_index_bitmap);
-  }
-  uword *old_lookup_bitmap = pal->mask_type_index_bitmap;
-  pal->mask_type_index_bitmap = new_lookup_bitmap;
-  clib_bitmap_free(old_lookup_bitmap);
-}
-
 void
 hash_acl_unapply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index)
 {
@@ -470,10 +903,8 @@ hash_acl_unapply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index)
   /* trim the end of the vector */
   _vec_len((*applied_hash_aces)) -= vec_len(ha->rules);
 
-  applied_hash_entries_analyze(am, applied_hash_aces);
+  remake_hash_applied_mask_info_vec(am, applied_hash_aces, lc_index);
 
-  /* After deletion we might not need some of the mask-types anymore... */
-  hash_acl_build_applied_lookup_bitmap(am, lc_index);
   clib_mem_set_heap (oldheap);
 }
 
@@ -496,8 +927,8 @@ hash_acl_reapply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index)
 
   DBG0("Start index for acl %d in lc_index %d is %d", acl_index, lc_index, start_index);
   /*
-   * This function is called after we find out the sw_if_index where ACL is applied.
-   * If the by-sw_if_index vector does not have the ACL#, then it's a bug.
+   * This function is called after we find out the lc_index where ACL is applied.
+   * If the by-lc_index vector does not have the ACL#, then it's a bug.
    */
   ASSERT(start_index < vec_len(*applied_acls));
 
@@ -511,46 +942,50 @@ hash_acl_reapply(acl_main_t *am, u32 lc_index, int acl_index)
 }
 
 static void
-make_address_mask(ip46_address_t *addr, u8 is_ipv6, u8 prefix_len)
+make_ip6_address_mask(ip6_address_t *addr, u8 prefix_len)
 {
-  if (is_ipv6) {
-    ip6_address_mask_from_width(&addr->ip6, prefix_len);
-  } else {
-    /* FIXME: this may not be correct way */
-    ip6_address_mask_from_width(&addr->ip6, prefix_len + 3*32);
-    ip46_address_mask_ip4(addr);
-  }
+  ip6_address_mask_from_width(addr, prefix_len);
 }
 
-static u8
+
+/* Maybe should be moved into the core somewhere */
+always_inline void
+ip4_address_mask_from_width (ip4_address_t * a, u32 width)
+{
+  int i, byte, bit, bitnum;
+  ASSERT (width <= 32);
+  memset (a, 0, sizeof (a[0]));
+  for (i = 0; i < width; i++)
+    {
+      bitnum = (7 - (i & 7));
+      byte = i / 8;
+      bit = 1 << bitnum;
+      a->as_u8[byte] |= bit;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void
+make_ip4_address_mask(ip4_address_t *addr, u8 prefix_len)
+{
+  ip4_address_mask_from_width(addr, prefix_len);
+}
+
+static void
 make_port_mask(u16 *portmask, u16 port_first, u16 port_last)
 {
   if (port_first == port_last) {
     *portmask = 0xffff;
     /* single port is representable by masked value */
-    return 0;
-  }
-  if ((port_first == 0) && (port_last == 65535)) {
-    *portmask = 0;
-    /* wildcard port is representable by a masked value */
-    return 0;
+    return;
   }
 
-  /*
-   * For now match all the ports, later
-   * here might be a better optimization which would
-   * pick out bitmaskable portranges.
-   *
-   * However, adding a new mask type potentially
-   * adds a per-packet extra lookup, so the benefit is not clear.
-   */
   *portmask = 0;
-  /* This port range can't be represented via bitmask exactly. */
-  return 1;
+  return;
 }
 
 static void
-make_mask_and_match_from_rule(fa_5tuple_t *mask, acl_rule_t *r, hash_ace_info_t *hi, int match_nonfirst_fragment)
+make_mask_and_match_from_rule(fa_5tuple_t *mask, acl_rule_t *r, hash_ace_info_t *hi)
 {
   memset(mask, 0, sizeof(*mask));
   memset(&hi->match, 0, sizeof(hi->match));
@@ -563,39 +998,42 @@ make_mask_and_match_from_rule(fa_5tuple_t *mask, acl_rule_t *r, hash_ace_info_t
 
   mask->pkt.is_ip6 = 1;
   hi->match.pkt.is_ip6 = r->is_ipv6;
-
-  make_address_mask(&mask->addr[0], r->is_ipv6, r->src_prefixlen);
-  hi->match.addr[0] = r->src;
-  make_address_mask(&mask->addr[1], r->is_ipv6, r->dst_prefixlen);
-  hi->match.addr[1] = r->dst;
+  if (r->is_ipv6) {
+    make_ip6_address_mask(&mask->ip6_addr[0], r->src_prefixlen);
+    hi->match.ip6_addr[0] = r->src.ip6;
+    make_ip6_address_mask(&mask->ip6_addr[1], r->dst_prefixlen);
+    hi->match.ip6_addr[1] = r->dst.ip6;
+  } else {
+    memset(hi->match.l3_zero_pad, 0, sizeof(hi->match.l3_zero_pad));
+    make_ip4_address_mask(&mask->ip4_addr[0], r->src_prefixlen);
+    hi->match.ip4_addr[0] = r->src.ip4;
+    make_ip4_address_mask(&mask->ip4_addr[1], r->dst_prefixlen);
+    hi->match.ip4_addr[1] = r->dst.ip4;
+  }
 
   if (r->proto != 0) {
     mask->l4.proto = ~0; /* L4 proto needs to be matched */
     hi->match.l4.proto = r->proto;
-    if (match_nonfirst_fragment) {
-      /* match the non-first fragments only */
-      mask->pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 1;
-      hi->match.pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 1;
-    } else {
-      /* Calculate the src/dst port masks and make the src/dst port matches accordingly */
-      hi->src_portrange_not_powerof2 = make_port_mask(&mask->l4.port[0], r->src_port_or_type_first, r->src_port_or_type_last);
-      hi->match.l4.port[0] = r->src_port_or_type_first & mask->l4.port[0];
-      hi->dst_portrange_not_powerof2 = make_port_mask(&mask->l4.port[1], r->dst_port_or_code_first, r->dst_port_or_code_last);
-      hi->match.l4.port[1] = r->dst_port_or_code_first & mask->l4.port[1];
-      /* L4 info must be valid in order to match */
-      mask->pkt.l4_valid = 1;
-      hi->match.pkt.l4_valid = 1;
-      /* And we must set the mask to check that it is an initial fragment */
-      mask->pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 1;
-      hi->match.pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 0;
-      if ((r->proto == IPPROTO_TCP) && (r->tcp_flags_mask != 0)) {
-       /* if we want to match on TCP flags, they must be masked off as well */
-       mask->pkt.tcp_flags = r->tcp_flags_mask;
-       hi->match.pkt.tcp_flags = r->tcp_flags_value;
-       /* and the flags need to be present within the packet being matched */
-       mask->pkt.tcp_flags_valid = 1;
-       hi->match.pkt.tcp_flags_valid = 1;
-      }
+
+    /* Calculate the src/dst port masks and make the src/dst port matches accordingly */
+    make_port_mask(&mask->l4.port[0], r->src_port_or_type_first, r->src_port_or_type_last);
+    hi->match.l4.port[0] = r->src_port_or_type_first & mask->l4.port[0];
+
+    make_port_mask(&mask->l4.port[1], r->dst_port_or_code_first, r->dst_port_or_code_last);
+    hi->match.l4.port[1] = r->dst_port_or_code_first & mask->l4.port[1];
+    /* L4 info must be valid in order to match */
+    mask->pkt.l4_valid = 1;
+    hi->match.pkt.l4_valid = 1;
+    /* And we must set the mask to check that it is an initial fragment */
+    mask->pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 1;
+    hi->match.pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 0;
+    if ((r->proto == IPPROTO_TCP) && (r->tcp_flags_mask != 0)) {
+      /* if we want to match on TCP flags, they must be masked off as well */
+      mask->pkt.tcp_flags = r->tcp_flags_mask;
+      hi->match.pkt.tcp_flags = r->tcp_flags_value;
+      /* and the flags need to be present within the packet being matched */
+      mask->pkt.tcp_flags_valid = 1;
+      hi->match.pkt.tcp_flags_valid = 1;
     }
   }
   /* Sanitize the mask and the match */
@@ -607,52 +1045,6 @@ make_mask_and_match_from_rule(fa_5tuple_t *mask, acl_rule_t *r, hash_ace_info_t
   }
 }
 
-static u32
-find_mask_type_index(acl_main_t *am, fa_5tuple_t *mask)
-{
-  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte;
-  /* *INDENT-OFF* */
-  pool_foreach(mte, am->ace_mask_type_pool,
-  ({
-    if(memcmp(&mte->mask, mask, sizeof(*mask)) == 0)
-      return (mte - am->ace_mask_type_pool);
-  }));
-  /* *INDENT-ON* */
-  return ~0;
-}
-
-static u32
-assign_mask_type_index(acl_main_t *am, fa_5tuple_t *mask)
-{
-  u32 mask_type_index = find_mask_type_index(am, mask);
-  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte;
-  if(~0 == mask_type_index) {
-    pool_get_aligned (am->ace_mask_type_pool, mte, CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES);
-    mask_type_index = mte - am->ace_mask_type_pool;
-    clib_memcpy(&mte->mask, mask, sizeof(mte->mask));
-    mte->refcount = 0;
-    /*
-     * We can use only 16 bits, since in the match there is only u16 field.
-     * Realistically, once you go to 64K of mask types, it is a huge
-     * problem anyway, so we might as well stop half way.
-     */
-    ASSERT(mask_type_index < 32768);
-  }
-  mte = am->ace_mask_type_pool + mask_type_index;
-  mte->refcount++;
-  return mask_type_index;
-}
-
-static void
-release_mask_type_index(acl_main_t *am, u32 mask_type_index)
-{
-  ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte = pool_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, mask_type_index);
-  mte->refcount--;
-  if (mte->refcount == 0) {
-    /* we are not using this entry anymore */
-    pool_put(am->ace_mask_type_pool, mte);
-  }
-}
 
 int hash_acl_exists(acl_main_t *am, int acl_index)
 {
@@ -683,24 +1075,13 @@ void hash_acl_add(acl_main_t *am, int acl_index)
     ace_info.acl_index = acl_index;
     ace_info.ace_index = i;
 
-    make_mask_and_match_from_rule(&mask, &a->rules[i], &ace_info, 0);
-    ace_info.mask_type_index = assign_mask_type_index(am, &mask);
+    make_mask_and_match_from_rule(&mask, &a->rules[i], &ace_info);
+    mask.pkt.flags_reserved = 0b000;
+    ace_info.base_mask_type_index = assign_mask_type_index(am, &mask);
     /* assign the mask type index for matching itself */
-    ace_info.match.pkt.mask_type_index_lsb = ace_info.mask_type_index;
-    DBG("ACE: %d mask_type_index: %d", i, ace_info.mask_type_index);
-    /* Ensure a given index is set in the mask type index bitmap for this ACL */
-    ha->mask_type_index_bitmap = clib_bitmap_set(ha->mask_type_index_bitmap, ace_info.mask_type_index, 1);
+    ace_info.match.pkt.mask_type_index_lsb = ace_info.base_mask_type_index;
+    DBG("ACE: %d mask_type_index: %d", i, ace_info.base_mask_type_index);
     vec_add1(ha->rules, ace_info);
-    if (am->l4_match_nonfirst_fragment) {
-      /* add the second rule which matches the noninitial fragments with the respective mask */
-      make_mask_and_match_from_rule(&mask, &a->rules[i], &ace_info, 1);
-      ace_info.mask_type_index = assign_mask_type_index(am, &mask);
-      ace_info.match.pkt.mask_type_index_lsb = ace_info.mask_type_index;
-      DBG("ACE: %d (non-initial frags) mask_type_index: %d", i, ace_info.mask_type_index);
-      /* Ensure a given index is set in the mask type index bitmap for this ACL */
-      ha->mask_type_index_bitmap = clib_bitmap_set(ha->mask_type_index_bitmap, ace_info.mask_type_index, 1);
-      vec_add1(ha->rules, ace_info);
-    }
   }
   /*
    * if an ACL is applied somewhere, fill the corresponding lookup data structures.
@@ -747,9 +1128,8 @@ void hash_acl_delete(acl_main_t *am, int acl_index)
    * the reference count, possibly freeing up some of them */
   int i;
   for(i=0; i < vec_len(ha->rules); i++) {
-    release_mask_type_index(am, ha->rules[i].mask_type_index);
+    release_mask_type_index(am, ha->rules[i].base_mask_type_index);
   }
-  clib_bitmap_free(ha->mask_type_index_bitmap);
   ha->hash_acl_exists = 0;
   vec_free(ha->rules);
   clib_mem_set_heap (oldheap);
@@ -776,8 +1156,8 @@ acl_plugin_show_tables_mask_type (void)
     ({
       vlib_cli_output(vm, "     %3d: %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx  refcount %d",
                    mte - am->ace_mask_type_pool,
-                   mte->mask.kv.key[0], mte->mask.kv.key[1], mte->mask.kv.key[2],
-                   mte->mask.kv.key[3], mte->mask.kv.key[4], mte->mask.kv.value, mte->refcount);
+                   mte->mask.kv_40_8.key[0], mte->mask.kv_40_8.key[1], mte->mask.kv_40_8.key[2],
+                   mte->mask.kv_40_8.key[3], mte->mask.kv_40_8.key[4], mte->mask.kv_40_8.value, mte->refcount);
     }));
     /* *INDENT-ON* */
 }
@@ -800,95 +1180,95 @@ acl_plugin_show_tables_acl_hash_info (u32 acl_index)
       vlib_cli_output (vm, "acl-index %u bitmask-ready layout\n", i);
       vlib_cli_output (vm, "  applied lc_index list: %U\n",
                       format_vec32, ha->lc_index_list, "%d");
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "  mask type index bitmap: %U\n",
-                      format_bitmap_hex, ha->mask_type_index_bitmap);
       for (j = 0; j < vec_len (ha->rules); j++)
        {
          hash_ace_info_t *pa = &ha->rules[j];
          m = (u64 *) & pa->match;
          vlib_cli_output (vm,
-                          "    %4d: %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx mask index %d acl %d rule %d action %d src/dst portrange not ^2: %d,%d\n",
+                          "    %4d: %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx base mask index %d acl %d rule %d action %d\n",
                           j, m[0], m[1], m[2], m[3], m[4], m[5],
-                          pa->mask_type_index, pa->acl_index, pa->ace_index,
-                          pa->action, pa->src_portrange_not_powerof2,
-                          pa->dst_portrange_not_powerof2);
+                          pa->base_mask_type_index, pa->acl_index, pa->ace_index,
+                          pa->action);
        }
     }
 }
 
-void
+static void
+acl_plugin_print_colliding_rule (vlib_main_t * vm, int j, collision_match_rule_t *cr) {
+  vlib_cli_output(vm,
+                  "        %4d: acl %d ace %d acl pos %d pae index: %d",
+                  j, cr->acl_index, cr->ace_index, cr->acl_position, cr->applied_entry_index);
+}
+
+static void
 acl_plugin_print_pae (vlib_main_t * vm, int j, applied_hash_ace_entry_t * pae)
 {
   vlib_cli_output (vm,
-                  "    %4d: acl %d rule %d action %d bitmask-ready rule %d next %d prev %d tail %d hitcount %lld",
+                  "    %4d: acl %d rule %d action %d bitmask-ready rule %d colliding_rules: %d next %d prev %d tail %d hitcount %lld acl_pos: %d",
                   j, pae->acl_index, pae->ace_index, pae->action,
-                  pae->hash_ace_info_index, pae->next_applied_entry_index,
+                  pae->hash_ace_info_index, vec_len(pae->colliding_rules), pae->next_applied_entry_index,
                   pae->prev_applied_entry_index,
-                  pae->tail_applied_entry_index, pae->hitcount);
+                  pae->tail_applied_entry_index, pae->hitcount, pae->acl_position);
+  int jj;
+  for(jj=0; jj<vec_len(pae->colliding_rules); jj++)
+    acl_plugin_print_colliding_rule(vm, jj, vec_elt_at_index(pae->colliding_rules, jj));
+}
+
+static void
+acl_plugin_print_applied_mask_info (vlib_main_t * vm, int j, hash_applied_mask_info_t *mi)
+{
+  vlib_cli_output (vm,
+                  "    %4d: mask type index %d first rule index %d num_entries %d max_collisions %d",
+                  j, mi->mask_type_index, mi->first_rule_index, mi->num_entries, mi->max_collisions);
 }
 
 void
-acl_plugin_show_tables_applied_info (u32 sw_if_index)
+acl_plugin_show_tables_applied_info (u32 lc_index)
 {
   acl_main_t *am = &acl_main;
   vlib_main_t *vm = am->vlib_main;
-  u32 swi; //, j;
-  vlib_cli_output (vm, "Applied lookup entries for interfaces");
+  u32 lci, j;
+  vlib_cli_output (vm, "Applied lookup entries for lookup contexts");
 
-  for (swi = 0;
-       (swi < vec_len (am->input_lc_index_by_sw_if_index))
-       || (swi < vec_len (am->output_lc_index_by_sw_if_index)); swi++)
+  for (lci = 0;
+       (lci < vec_len(am->applied_hash_acl_info_by_lc_index)); lci++)
     {
-      if ((sw_if_index != ~0) && (sw_if_index != swi))
+      if ((lc_index != ~0) && (lc_index != lci))
        {
          continue;
        }
-/*
-      vlib_cli_output (vm, "sw_if_index %d:", swi);
-      if (swi < vec_len (am->input_applied_hash_acl_info_by_sw_if_index))
+      vlib_cli_output (vm, "lc_index %d:", lci);
+      if (lci < vec_len (am->applied_hash_acl_info_by_lc_index))
        {
          applied_hash_acl_info_t *pal =
-           &am->input_applied_hash_acl_info_by_sw_if_index[swi];
-         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  input lookup mask_type_index_bitmap: %U",
-                          format_bitmap_hex, pal->mask_type_index_bitmap);
-         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  input applied acls: %U", format_vec32,
+           &am->applied_hash_acl_info_by_lc_index[lci];
+         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  applied acls: %U", format_vec32,
                           pal->applied_acls, "%d");
        }
-      if (swi < vec_len (am->input_hash_entry_vec_by_sw_if_index))
+      if (lci < vec_len (am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index))
        {
-         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  input lookup applied entries:");
+         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  applied mask info entries:");
          for (j = 0;
-              j < vec_len (am->input_hash_entry_vec_by_sw_if_index[swi]);
+              j < vec_len (am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index[lci]);
               j++)
            {
-             acl_plugin_print_pae (vm, j,
-                                   &am->input_hash_entry_vec_by_sw_if_index
-                                   [swi][j]);
+             acl_plugin_print_applied_mask_info (vm, j,
+                                   &am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index
+                                   [lci][j]);
            }
        }
-
-      if (swi < vec_len (am->output_applied_hash_acl_info_by_sw_if_index))
-       {
-         applied_hash_acl_info_t *pal =
-           &am->output_applied_hash_acl_info_by_sw_if_index[swi];
-         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  output lookup mask_type_index_bitmap: %U",
-                          format_bitmap_hex, pal->mask_type_index_bitmap);
-         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  output applied acls: %U", format_vec32,
-                          pal->applied_acls, "%d");
-       }
-      if (swi < vec_len (am->output_hash_entry_vec_by_sw_if_index))
+      if (lci < vec_len (am->hash_entry_vec_by_lc_index))
        {
-         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  output lookup applied entries:");
+         vlib_cli_output (vm, "  lookup applied entries:");
          for (j = 0;
-              j < vec_len (am->output_hash_entry_vec_by_sw_if_index[swi]);
+              j < vec_len (am->hash_entry_vec_by_lc_index[lci]);
               j++)
            {
              acl_plugin_print_pae (vm, j,
-                                   &am->output_hash_entry_vec_by_sw_if_index
-                                   [swi][j]);
+                                   &am->hash_entry_vec_by_lc_index
+                                   [lci][j]);
            }
        }
-*/
     }
 }
 
@@ -900,3 +1280,317 @@ acl_plugin_show_tables_bihash (u32 show_bihash_verbose)
   show_hash_acl_hash (vm, am, show_bihash_verbose);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Split of the partition needs to happen when the collision count
+ * goes over a specified threshold.
+ *
+ * This is a signal that we ignored too many bits in
+ * mT and we need to split the table into two tables. We select
+ * all of the colliding rules L and find their maximum common
+ * tuple mL. Normally mL is specific enough to hash L with few
+ * or no collisions. We then create a new table T2 with tuple mL
+ * and transfer all compatible rules from T to T2. If mL is not
+ * specific enough, we find the field with the biggest difference
+ * between the minimum and maximum tuple lengths for all of
+ * the rules in L and set that field to be the average of those two
+ * values. We then transfer all compatible rules as before. This
+ * guarantees that some rules from L will move and that T2 will
+ * have a smaller number of collisions than T did.
+ */
+
+
+static void
+ensure_ip6_min_addr (ip6_address_t * min_addr, ip6_address_t * mask_addr)
+{
+  int update =
+    (clib_net_to_host_u64 (mask_addr->as_u64[0]) <
+     clib_net_to_host_u64 (min_addr->as_u64[0]))
+    ||
+    ((clib_net_to_host_u64 (mask_addr->as_u64[0]) ==
+      clib_net_to_host_u64 (min_addr->as_u64[0]))
+     && (clib_net_to_host_u64 (mask_addr->as_u64[1]) <
+        clib_net_to_host_u64 (min_addr->as_u64[1])));
+  if (update)
+    {
+      min_addr->as_u64[0] = mask_addr->as_u64[0];
+      min_addr->as_u64[1] = mask_addr->as_u64[1];
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+ensure_ip6_max_addr (ip6_address_t * max_addr, ip6_address_t * mask_addr)
+{
+  int update =
+    (clib_net_to_host_u64 (mask_addr->as_u64[0]) >
+     clib_net_to_host_u64 (max_addr->as_u64[0]))
+    ||
+    ((clib_net_to_host_u64 (mask_addr->as_u64[0]) ==
+      clib_net_to_host_u64 (max_addr->as_u64[0]))
+     && (clib_net_to_host_u64 (mask_addr->as_u64[1]) >
+        clib_net_to_host_u64 (max_addr->as_u64[1])));
+  if (update)
+    {
+      max_addr->as_u64[0] = mask_addr->as_u64[0];
+      max_addr->as_u64[1] = mask_addr->as_u64[1];
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+ensure_ip4_min_addr (ip4_address_t * min_addr, ip4_address_t * mask_addr)
+{
+  int update =
+    (clib_net_to_host_u32 (mask_addr->as_u32) <
+     clib_net_to_host_u32 (min_addr->as_u32));
+  if (update)
+    min_addr->as_u32 = mask_addr->as_u32;
+}
+
+static void
+ensure_ip4_max_addr (ip4_address_t * max_addr, ip4_address_t * mask_addr)
+{
+  int update =
+    (clib_net_to_host_u32 (mask_addr->as_u32) >
+     clib_net_to_host_u32 (max_addr->as_u32));
+  if (update)
+    max_addr->as_u32 = mask_addr->as_u32;
+}
+
+enum {
+  DIM_SRC_ADDR = 0,
+  DIM_DST_ADDR,
+  DIM_SRC_PORT,
+  DIM_DST_PORT,
+  DIM_PROTO,
+};
+
+
+
+static void
+split_partition(acl_main_t *am, u32 first_index,
+                            u32 lc_index, int is_ip6){
+       DBG( "TM-split_partition - first_entry:%d", first_index);
+        applied_hash_ace_entry_t **applied_hash_aces = get_applied_hash_aces(am, lc_index);
+       ace_mask_type_entry_t *mte;
+       fa_5tuple_t the_min_tuple, *min_tuple = &the_min_tuple;
+        fa_5tuple_t the_max_tuple, *max_tuple = &the_max_tuple;
+       applied_hash_ace_entry_t *pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), first_index);
+       hash_acl_info_t *ha = vec_elt_at_index(am->hash_acl_infos, pae->acl_index);
+       hash_ace_info_t *ace_info;
+       u32 coll_mask_type_index = pae->mask_type_index;
+        memset(&the_min_tuple, 0, sizeof(the_min_tuple));
+        memset(&the_max_tuple, 0, sizeof(the_max_tuple));
+
+       int i=0;
+       u64 collisions = vec_len(pae->colliding_rules);
+//     while(pae->next_applied_entry_index == ~0){
+       for(i=0; i<collisions; i++){
+
+               DBG( "TM-collision: base_ace:%d (ace_mask:%d, first_collision_mask:%d)",
+                               pae->ace_index, pae->mask_type_index, coll_mask_type_index);
+
+               ace_info = vec_elt_at_index(ha->rules, pae->hash_ace_info_index);
+               mte = vec_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, ace_info->base_mask_type_index);
+               fa_5tuple_t *mask = &mte->mask;
+
+               if(pae->mask_type_index != coll_mask_type_index) continue;
+               /* Computing min_mask and max_mask for colliding rules */
+               if(i==0){
+                       clib_memcpy(min_tuple, mask, sizeof(fa_5tuple_t));
+                       clib_memcpy(max_tuple, mask, sizeof(fa_5tuple_t));
+               }else{
+                       int j;
+                       for(j=0; j<2; j++){
+                                if (is_ip6)
+                                  ensure_ip6_min_addr(&min_tuple->ip6_addr[j], &mask->ip6_addr[j]);
+                                else
+                                  ensure_ip4_min_addr(&min_tuple->ip4_addr[j], &mask->ip4_addr[j]);
+
+                               if ((mask->l4.port[j] < min_tuple->l4.port[j]))
+                                       min_tuple->l4.port[j] = mask->l4.port[j];
+                       }
+
+                       if ((mask->l4.proto < min_tuple->l4.proto))
+                               min_tuple->l4.proto = mask->l4.proto;
+
+                       if(mask->pkt.as_u64 < min_tuple->pkt.as_u64)
+                               min_tuple->pkt.as_u64 = mask->pkt.as_u64;
+
+
+                       for(j=0; j<2; j++){
+                                if (is_ip6)
+                                  ensure_ip6_max_addr(&max_tuple->ip6_addr[j], &mask->ip6_addr[j]);
+                                else
+                                  ensure_ip4_max_addr(&max_tuple->ip4_addr[j], &mask->ip4_addr[j]);
+
+                               if ((mask->l4.port[j] > max_tuple->l4.port[j]))
+                                       max_tuple->l4.port[j] = mask->l4.port[j];
+                       }
+
+                       if ((mask->l4.proto < max_tuple->l4.proto))
+                               max_tuple->l4.proto = mask->l4.proto;
+
+                       if(mask->pkt.as_u64 > max_tuple->pkt.as_u64)
+                               max_tuple->pkt.as_u64 = mask->pkt.as_u64;
+               }
+
+               pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), pae->next_applied_entry_index);
+       }
+
+       /* Computing field with max difference between (min/max)_mask */
+       int best_dim=-1, best_delta=0, delta=0;
+
+       /* SRC_addr dimension */
+        if (is_ip6) {
+         int i;
+         for(i=0; i<2; i++){
+               delta += count_bits(max_tuple->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[i]) - count_bits(min_tuple->ip6_addr[0].as_u64[i]);
+         }
+        } else {
+               delta += count_bits(max_tuple->ip4_addr[0].as_u32) - count_bits(min_tuple->ip4_addr[0].as_u32);
+        }
+       if(delta > best_delta){
+               best_delta = delta;
+               best_dim = DIM_SRC_ADDR;
+       }
+
+       /* DST_addr dimension */
+       delta = 0;
+        if (is_ip6) {
+         int i;
+         for(i=0; i<2; i++){
+               delta += count_bits(max_tuple->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[i]) - count_bits(min_tuple->ip6_addr[1].as_u64[i]);
+         }
+        } else {
+               delta += count_bits(max_tuple->ip4_addr[1].as_u32) - count_bits(min_tuple->ip4_addr[1].as_u32);
+        }
+       if(delta > best_delta){
+               best_delta = delta;
+               best_dim = DIM_DST_ADDR;
+       }
+
+       /* SRC_port dimension */
+       delta = count_bits(max_tuple->l4.port[0]) - count_bits(min_tuple->l4.port[0]);
+       if(delta > best_delta){
+               best_delta = delta;
+               best_dim = DIM_SRC_PORT;
+       }
+
+       /* DST_port dimension */
+       delta = count_bits(max_tuple->l4.port[1]) - count_bits(min_tuple->l4.port[1]);
+       if(delta > best_delta){
+               best_delta = delta;
+               best_dim = DIM_DST_PORT;
+       }
+
+       /* Proto dimension */
+       delta = count_bits(max_tuple->l4.proto) - count_bits(min_tuple->l4.proto);
+       if(delta > best_delta){
+               best_delta = delta;
+               best_dim = DIM_PROTO;
+       }
+
+       int shifting = 0; //, ipv4_block = 0;
+       switch(best_dim){
+               case DIM_SRC_ADDR:
+                       shifting = (best_delta)/2; // FIXME IPV4-only
+                       // ipv4_block = count_bits(max_tuple->ip4_addr[0].as_u32);
+                       min_tuple->ip4_addr[0].as_u32 =
+                                       clib_host_to_net_u32((clib_net_to_host_u32(max_tuple->ip4_addr[0].as_u32) << (shifting))&0xFFFFFFFF);
+
+                       break;
+               case DIM_DST_ADDR:
+                       shifting = (best_delta)/2;
+/*
+                       ipv4_block = count_bits(max_tuple->addr[1].as_u64[1]);
+                       if(ipv4_block > shifting)
+                               min_tuple->addr[1].as_u64[1] =
+                                       clib_host_to_net_u64((clib_net_to_host_u64(max_tuple->addr[1].as_u64[1]) << (shifting))&0xFFFFFFFF);
+                       else{
+                               shifting = shifting - ipv4_block;
+                               min_tuple->addr[1].as_u64[1] = 0;
+                               min_tuple->addr[1].as_u64[0] =
+                                       clib_host_to_net_u64((clib_net_to_host_u64(max_tuple->addr[1].as_u64[0]) << (shifting))&0xFFFFFFFF);
+                       }
+*/
+                       min_tuple->ip4_addr[1].as_u32 =
+                                       clib_host_to_net_u32((clib_net_to_host_u32(max_tuple->ip4_addr[1].as_u32) << (shifting))&0xFFFFFFFF);
+
+                       break;
+               case DIM_SRC_PORT: min_tuple->l4.port[0] = max_tuple->l4.port[0]  << (best_delta)/2;
+                       break;
+               case DIM_DST_PORT: min_tuple->l4.port[1] = max_tuple->l4.port[1] << (best_delta)/2;
+                       break;
+               case DIM_PROTO: min_tuple->l4.proto = max_tuple->l4.proto << (best_delta)/2;
+                       break;
+               default: relax_tuple(min_tuple, is_ip6, 1);
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       min_tuple->pkt.is_nonfirst_fragment = 0;
+        u32 new_mask_type_index = assign_mask_type_index(am, min_tuple);
+
+       hash_applied_mask_info_t **hash_applied_mask_info_vec = vec_elt_at_index(am->hash_applied_mask_info_vec_by_lc_index, lc_index);
+
+       hash_applied_mask_info_t *minfo;
+       //search in order pool if mask_type_index is already there
+       int search;
+       for (search=0; search < vec_len((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec)); search++){
+               minfo = vec_elt_at_index((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec), search);
+               if(minfo->mask_type_index == new_mask_type_index)
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       vec_validate((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec), search);
+       minfo = vec_elt_at_index((*hash_applied_mask_info_vec), search);
+       minfo->mask_type_index = new_mask_type_index;
+       minfo->num_entries = 0;
+       minfo->max_collisions = 0;
+       minfo->first_rule_index = ~0;
+
+       DBG( "TM-split_partition - mask type index-assigned!! -> %d", new_mask_type_index);
+
+       if(coll_mask_type_index == new_mask_type_index){
+               //vlib_cli_output(vm, "TM-There are collisions over threshold, but i'm not able to split! %d %d", coll_mask_type_index, new_mask_type_index);
+               return;
+       }
+
+
+       /* populate new partition */
+       DBG( "TM-Populate new partition");
+       u32 r_ace_index = first_index;
+
+//     for(i=0; i<collisions; i++){
+       for(r_ace_index=0; r_ace_index < vec_len((*applied_hash_aces)); r_ace_index++) {
+
+               applied_hash_ace_entry_t *pop_pae = vec_elt_at_index((*applied_hash_aces), r_ace_index);
+               DBG( "TM-Population-collision: base_ace:%d (ace_mask:%d, first_collision_mask:%d)",
+                               pop_pae->ace_index, pop_pae->mask_type_index, coll_mask_type_index);
+
+               if(pop_pae->mask_type_index != coll_mask_type_index) continue;
+               u32 next_index = pop_pae->next_applied_entry_index;
+
+               ace_info = vec_elt_at_index(ha->rules, pop_pae->hash_ace_info_index);
+               mte = vec_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, ace_info->base_mask_type_index);
+               //can insert rule?
+               //mte = vec_elt_at_index(am->ace_mask_type_pool, pop_pae->mask_type_index);
+               fa_5tuple_t *pop_mask = &mte->mask;
+
+               if(!first_mask_contains_second_mask(is_ip6, min_tuple, pop_mask)) continue;
+               DBG( "TM-new partition can insert -> applied_ace:%d", r_ace_index);
+
+               //delete and insert in new format
+               deactivate_applied_ace_hash_entry(am, lc_index, applied_hash_aces, r_ace_index);
+
+               /* insert the new entry */
+               pop_pae->mask_type_index = new_mask_type_index;
+
+               activate_applied_ace_hash_entry(am, lc_index, applied_hash_aces, r_ace_index);
+
+               r_ace_index = next_index;
+       }
+
+       DBG( "TM-Populate new partition-END");
+       DBG( "TM-split_partition - END");
+
+}
+