netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] sysfs directory scaling: rbtree for dirent name lookups

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Date:	Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:56:54 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...et.ca>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Octavian Purdila <opurdila@...acom.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...acom.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] sysfs directory scaling: rbtree for dirent name
	lookups

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 11:45:50AM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 08:07:15AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > But registering 20000 devices is a far different problem from using
> > those 20000 devices :)
> 
> Registering 20,000 devices *is* a real world problem (I'm actually aiming 
> for 100,000, as that's what roughly fits in a single 10Gbps link -- something 
> that a mid range system can now route).  When an edge router comes up from 
> reboot, or after a link has been down, the rate at which customers connect 
> is important -- too slow, and you get a pile of support calls from customers 
> complaining that their connection is down.  Because of the data structures 
> used, there isn't even any improvement from an SMP system, so this needs 
> to be addressed directly.

Ok, how long are we talking about here?

thanks,

greg k-h
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