From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Kirby Subject: Re: Route cache performance under stress Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 01:31:59 -0700 Sender: linux-net-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030609083159.GH20613@netnation.com> References: <20030609065211.GB20613@netnation.com> <20030608.235622.38700262.davem@redhat.com> <20030609081803.GF20613@netnation.com> <20030609.012202.68055632.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: xerox@foonet.net, fw@deneb.enyo.de, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: "David S. Miller" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030609.012202.68055632.davem@redhat.com> List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:22:02AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > Hmm...It looks like this is still freeing the entry.. Is it possible to > recycle the dst without reallocating it? > > Yes, can you test the patch I just sent you? We can modify that > to recycle easily instead of freeing. Cool. I'll see if I can set something up to try that at work tomorrow. Insufficient hardware here at home. > We spend a decent amount of time mucking with fib rules, turning > off multiple-tables support would kill that, although I suspect > you're actually using that :) We use it occasionally for various things. I'll try profiling with it turned off to see how much of an impact it has. Simon-