Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:43:29 -0700 (PDT) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] netfilter : 3 patches to boost ip_tables performance |
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On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Instead of using one vmalloc() area (located in the node of the iptables > process), we now allocate an area for each possible CPU, using NUMA policy > (MPOL_PREFERRED) so that memory should be allocated in the CPU's node > if possible. > > If the size of ipt_table is small enough (less than one page), we use > kmalloc_node() instead of vmalloc(), to use less memory and less TLB entries) > in small setups.
Maybe we better introduce vmalloc_node() instead of improvising this for several subsystems? The e1000 driver has similar issues. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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