Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2008 23:20:56 +0200 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Convert the UDP hash lock to RCU |
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On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:55:48 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:07:29 +0200 > > > The idea of keeping chains short is the problem. That code should > > just be pulled because it doesn't help that much, and also creates > > bias on the port randomization. > > I have that patch from Vitaly Mayatskikh which does exactly this. > > I keep looking at it, but I can't bring myself to apply it since > I'm not completely convinced.
Some one on a busy server should run it and measure the delta in hash chains. I would, but don't run anything that has more than a few UDP's open.
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