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From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com>,
	Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@visp.net.lb>,
	davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Deadlock, L2TP over IP are not working, 3.4.1
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:41:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120608154106.GD5024@kvack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339134438.6001.13.camel@edumazet-glaptop>

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 07:47:18AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> I have no idea how many l2tp_eth devices are setup at once in typical
> conf.

Depends on the usage scenario.  L2TP is commonly used for terminating 
customer connections by wholesale ISPs.  In that kind of edge routing 
use-case, tens of thousands of interfaces are easily possible.

		-ben
-- 
"Thought is the essence of where you are now."

  reply	other threads:[~2012-06-08 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-06  9:54 Deadlock, L2TP over IP are not working, 3.4.1 Denys Fedoryshchenko
2012-06-07 20:53 ` Francois Romieu
2012-06-07 21:30   ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-07 22:37     ` Francois Romieu
2012-06-08  5:47       ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-08 15:41         ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2012-06-08 15:56           ` Denys Fedoryshchenko
2012-06-08 16:04             ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-10 12:14               ` Hong zhi guo
2012-06-10 13:31                 ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-10 13:38                   ` Eric Dumazet
2012-06-25 15:35 ` [PATCH] net: l2tp_eth: use LLTX to avoid LOCKDEP splats Eric Dumazet
2012-06-26 23:43   ` David Miller

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