Identification of packets with a key propose to facilitate the use of a common packet further line - cache

摘要

A method comprising:A packet received on a network device, wherein the packet header and a useful information contains a;Identification of the packet, by means of a first packet processing application of a plurality of packet processing applications, with a cache - according to propose a key on the basis of original contents of the header, wherein the cache - according to propose key indicates where in a common cache a packet of appropriate cache - entry be stored; andthose of the plurality of packet processing applications, the attempt to the cache - entry from the common cache in the connection to the tag by means of the first packet processing application to access the cache - according to propose key used, instead of a new cache - according to propose a key on the basis of current contents of the header to produce.