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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 2/2] netfilter: save the hash of the tuple in the original direction for latter use
On 20.09.2010 17:04, Changli Gao wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> wrote:
>> On 21.08.2010 00:49, Changli Gao wrote:
>>> Since we don't change the tuple in the original direction, we can save it
>>> in ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY].hnode.pprev for __nf_conntrack_confirm()
>>> use.
>>
>> I like this idea. We could actually do the same for the reply tuple
>> and invalidate the saved hash in case the reply tuple is changed
>> (nf_conntrack_alter_reply()), which only happens when NAT is used.
>>
>
> We can't do that, as the unconfirmed ct owned maybe dropped, and
> pre-computing will wast CPU cycles in this case.

Sure we can, dropping unconfirmed conntracks is a rare exception,
not a common case. Even under DoS we usually drop *unassured*
conntracks, which have already enterered the hash. If we're unable
to do that, we won't even allocate a new conntrack.


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