Re: multi bpf filter will impact performance?

Hagen Paul Pfeifer
2010-12-01T17:22:50Z

On Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:42:47 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> IMHO, a better pcap optimizer would be the first step.

+1

Optimizing complex filter rules is step one in the process of optimizing

the packet processing. A JIT compiler like FreeBSD provides cannot polish a

(pcap)turd. I thought Patrick was working on a generic filter mechanism for

netfilter!? ... ;)

Hagen