From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Dumazet Subject: Re: fedora 14 kernel performance with ip forwarding workload Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:32:25 +0200 Message-ID: <1302121945.2701.31.camel@edumazet-laptop> References: <20110406195719.GE14697@ghostprotocols.net> <20110406.130239.232756965.davem@davemloft.net> <1302121136.2701.16.camel@edumazet-laptop> <20110406.132906.200378990.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net, jesse.brandeburg@gmail.com, fedora-kernel-list@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mail-ww0-f44.google.com ([74.125.82.44]:38138 "EHLO mail-ww0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755805Ab1DFUca (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:32:30 -0400 Received: by wwa36 with SMTP id 36so2235968wwa.1 for ; Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:32:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110406.132906.200378990.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Le mercredi 06 avril 2011 =C3=A0 13:29 -0700, David Miller a =C3=A9crit= : > From: Eric Dumazet > Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:18:56 +0200 >=20 > > I remember last time I work on a fedora kernel, it had conntrack en= abled > >=20 > > And yes, conntrack can really slowdown a router, because of default > > parameters. >=20 > Yes, if conntrack is enabled performance will indeed tank. I just check on latest fedora14 (yum updated) : - conntrack is statically included in kernel, you cannot remove it. Hmm...