netdev - Re: 4.9 conntrack performance issues

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2017 13:37:43 +0200
From:   Denys Fedoryshchenko <nuclearcat@...learcat.com>
To:     Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Cc:     Netfilter Devel <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 4.9 conntrack performance issues

On 2017-01-30 13:26, Guillaume Nault wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 01:05:58AM +0200, Denys Fedoryshchenko wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> Sorry if i added someone wrongly to CC, please let me know, if i 
>> should
>> remove.
>> I just run successfully 4.9 on my nat several days ago, and seems 
>> panic
>> issue disappeared.
>> 
> Hi Denys,
> 
> After two weeks running Linux 4.9, do you confirm that the original
> issue[1] is gone?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Guillaume
> 
> [1]: https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg410795.html
Yes, no more reboots at all and 4.9 patched for gc issues seems 
significantly better for NAT performance (CPU load lower almost twice 
than previous kernels, i dont have exact numbers).