Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 7 Jan 2001 08:15:33 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> |
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On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:11:11AM -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > > Packet socket binding or SO_BINDTODEVICE will search the list, but it is unlikely > > that these paths are worth optimizing for. > > The patch has been written, so even if it helps just a little more than it > hurts, it might be worth including. Of course, it may actually hurt more > than help. > > I'd be very interested in lucid arguments as to why adding the patch would > actually be worse than not adding it, not just why I'm lame for considering > it *grin* :)
It's like David said: it's not a very good idea to tune things that are not commonly used. If some user really realistically has some workload where the linear search is a bottleneck it can be considered. Currently it doesn't look like it.
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