netdev - Re: ss -p is much too slow

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Date:	Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:48:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sphink@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stephen.hemminger@...tta.com
Subject: Re: ss -p is much too slow

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:21:39 -0700 (PDT)

> ss: Avoid quadradic complexity with '-p'
> 
> Scan the process list of open sockets once, and store in a hash
> table to be used by subsequent find_user() calls.
> 
> Reported-by: Steve Fink <sphink@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Stephen, please apply this, it fixes the quadratic behavior and
has been sitting for a month.

It's in patchwork, just check your todo list.

Thanks.
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