From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Convert the UDP hash lock to RCU Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:55:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20081007.135548.56141000.davem@davemloft.net> References: <48EB5D28.7000503@cosmosbay.com> <20081007160729.60c076c4@speedy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dada1@cosmosbay.com, benny+usenet@amorsen.dk, minyard@acm.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com To: shemminger@vyatta.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:56504 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752599AbYJGU4M (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:56:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20081007160729.60c076c4@speedy> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 16:07:29 +0200 > The idea of keeping chains short is the problem. That code should > just be pulled because it doesn't help that much, and also creates > bias on the port randomization. I have that patch from Vitaly Mayatskikh which does exactly this. I keep looking at it, but I can't bring myself to apply it since I'm not completely convinced.