diff options
author | Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> | 2014-07-24 00:36:50 -0400 |
---|---|---|
committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2014-07-24 07:07:25 -0400 |
commit | 7bd8490eef9776ced7632345df5133384b6be0fe (patch) | |
tree | cb5130cc165142998ac5729e8de9b26c622bb7e1 /net/ipv4 | |
parent | 5b96af7713546fca812682fed13cfad26d69fed7 (diff) |
netfilter: xt_hashlimit: perform garbage collection from process context
xt_hashlimit cannot be used with large hash tables, because garbage
collector is run from a timer. If table is really big, its possible
to hold cpu for more than 500 msec, which is unacceptable.
Switch to a work queue, and use proper scheduling points to remove
latencies spikes.
Later, we also could switch to a smoother garbage collection done
at lookup time, one bucket at a time...
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv4')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions