From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] net: fast consecutive name allocation Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:43 -0500 Message-ID: <20091113224043.GP19478@kvack.org> References: <200911130701.14847.opurdila@ixiacom.com> <4AFCF8D3.6090905@gmail.com> <20091112222608.79d90e9e@nehalam> <200911131151.31677.opurdila@ixiacom.com> <20091113142939.35879efe@s6510> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Octavian Purdila , Eric Dumazet , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([205.233.56.17]:47040 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932128AbZKMWkj (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:40:39 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091113142939.35879efe@s6510> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 02:29:39PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > So it is lots of pseudo-devices for a special purpose test machine. > That's great use of Linux, but not a case worth optimizing for in the mainline kernel. He's not the only one who needs that, I certainly do. BRAS application where traffic is being aggregated (ie PPPoE and L2TP servers) from lots of customers requires it. There are also people hitting the same scaling issues in embedded PPPoE on wireless networks. -ben