Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:56:54 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] sysfs directory scaling: rbtree for dirent name lookups |
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On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 08:07:15AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > But registering 20000 devices is a far different problem from using > > those 20000 devices :) > > Registering 20,000 devices *is* a real world problem (I'm actually aiming > for 100,000, as that's what roughly fits in a single 10Gbps link -- something > that a mid range system can now route). When an edge router comes up from > reboot, or after a link has been down, the rate at which customers connect > is important -- too slow, and you get a pile of support calls from customers > complaining that their connection is down. Because of the data structures > used, there isn't even any improvement from an SMP system, so this needs > to be addressed directly.
Ok, how long are we talking about here?
thanks,
greg k-h
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