netdev - [PATCH 12/13] netfilter: conntrack: restart gc immediately if GC_MAX

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Date:   Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:12:22 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 12/13] netfilter: conntrack: restart gc immediately if GC_MAX_EVICTS is reached

From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>

When the maximum evictions number is reached, do not wait 5 seconds before
the next run.

CC: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index ba6a1d421222..df2f5a3901df 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ static void gc_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		return;
 
 	ratio = scanned ? expired_count * 100 / scanned : 0;
-	if (ratio >= 90)
+	if (ratio >= 90 || expired_count == GC_MAX_EVICTS)
 		next_run = 0;
 
 	gc_work->last_bucket = i;
-- 
2.1.4