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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:22:51 +0200 From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> To: didier <did447@...il.com> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: VLAN GARP triggers a lot of timers if linux compiled with VLAN_8021Q_GVRP Am 29.09.2010 02:35, schrieb didier: > Hi, > > In my understanding GARP is using a periodic timer but in net/802/garp.c: > > garp_join_timer_arm() > > delay = (u64)msecs_to_jiffies(garp_join_time)* net_random() >> 32; > mod_timer(&app->join_timer, jiffies +delay) > > Isn't this stuff triggering a *lot* of events? Yeah, something around 5-10 timers per second IIRC. There was an RFC patch a while ago to only schedule the timer on-demand, I'll see whether I can find it again. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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