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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:36:44 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, billfink@...dspring.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	johnpol@....mipt.ru
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: implement emergency route cache rebulds when
	gc_elasticity is exceeded

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 02:25:47PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Neil Horman a écrit :
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:55:56PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>>> From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
>>> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:26:55 -0400
>>>
>>>> If this meets everyones approval I think we can follow up with a
>>>> patch to remove the secret interval code entirely.
>>> This patch looks pretty good to me.
>>>
>>> Just some minor coding style nits:
>>>
>>>> +static void rt_secret_rebuild_oneshot(struct net *net) {
>>> Openning brace on new line please.
>>>
>>>> +static void rt_emergency_hash_rebuild(struct net *net) {
>>> Likewise.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Dave, new patch, with those nits fixed up.  I also cleaned up a few
>> checkpatch errors (all trailing whitespace and 80 col errors)
>>
>> Best
>> Neil
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
>
>>  +/*
>> + * While freeing expired entries, we compute average chain length
>> + * and standard deviation, using fixed-point arithmetic.
>> + * This to have an estimation of rt_chain_length_max
>> + *  rt_chain_length_max = max(elasticity, AVG + 4*SD)
>> + * We use 3 bits for frational part, and 29 (or 61) for magnitude.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#define FRACT_BITS 3
>> +#define ONE (1UL << FRACT_BITS)
>> +
>>  static void rt_check_expire(void)
>>  {
>>  	static unsigned int rover;
>>  	unsigned int i = rover, goal;
>>  	struct rtable *rth, **rthp;
>> +	unsigned long length;
>>  	u64 mult;
>>   	mult = ((u64)ip_rt_gc_interval) << rt_hash_log;
>> @@ -784,11 +812,29 @@ static void rt_check_expire(void)
>>  				if (time_before_eq(jiffies, rth->u.dst.expires)) {
>>  					tmo >>= 1;
>>  					rthp = &rth->u.dst.rt_next;
>> +					/*
>> +					 * Only bump our length if the hash
>> +					 * inputs on entries n and n+1 are not
>> +					 * the same, we only count entries on
>> +					 * a chain with equal hash inputs once
>> +					 * so that entries for different QOS
>> +					 * levels, and other non-hash input
>> +					 * attributes don't unfairly skew
>> +					 * the length computation
>> +					 */
>> +					if (*rthp &&
>> +					    !compare_hash_inputs(&(*rthp)->fl,
>> +								 &rth->fl))
>> +						length += ONE;
>>  					continue;
>>  				}
>>  			} else if (!rt_may_expire(rth, tmo, ip_rt_gc_timeout)) {
>>  				tmo >>= 1;
>>  				rthp = &rth->u.dst.rt_next;
>> +				if (*rthp &&
>> +				    !compare_hash_inputs(&(*rthp)->fl,
>> +							 &rth->fl))
>> +					length += ONE;
>>  				continue;
>>  			}
>
> Incomplete patch ?
>
Yeah, that was quite stupid of me.  I rescind this, and I'll post a patch with the 
missing chunk later tonight after I spin/test it.

> You added a 'length' variable, and update it but nowhere initialize and/or read it ?
>
> Some way to change rt_chain_length_max is needed, sysctl or dynamically...
I don't really think so, since thats computed every run through rt_check_expire anyway.


Thanks!
Neil

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