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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Linux Route Cache performance tests
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:16:25 +0100
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Le lundi 07 novembre 2011 =C3=A0 10:08 +0100, Eric Dumazet a =C3=A9crit=
 :

> Obviously, cache removal will be possible only when performance witho=
ut
> it is the same.
>=20
> Work is in progress, it started a long time ago.
>=20

One of the reason to get rid of this cache is its memory use.

256 bytes per entry, thats a lot of memory if you need 2.000.000
entries...