Re: [PATCH 3/3] Convert the UDP hash lock to RCU

Benny Amorsen
2008-10-07T09:28:50Z

Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> writes:

> Most UDP sockets are setup for long periods (RTP trafic), or if an application really
> wants to {open/send or receive one UDP frame/close} many sockets, it already hits
> RCU handling of its file structures and should not be slowed down that much.
>
> By 'long period' I mean thousand of packets sent/received by each RTP session, being
> voice (50 packets/second) or even worse video...

Does DNS with port randomization need short lived sockets?

/Benny