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From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
Subject: Re: multi bpf filter will impact =?UTF-8?Q?performance=3F?=
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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