linux-kernel - Re: TCP session management

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Message-ID: <1306293978.3305.14.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 05:26:18 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Nauman Tahir <nauman.tahir@...il.com>
Cc:	Kernel Newbies <kernelnewbies@...linux.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: TCP session management

Le mardi 24 mai 2011 à 15:29 -0700, Nauman Tahir a écrit :
> Hi
> 
> I am interested in learning about highly practiced/recommended
> algorithms used for TCP session management in the stack. I am writing
> code for an embedded processor which needs to process TCP/IP flows and
> it does not have the stack. I am interested in implementing most
> efficient algorithm to maintain/lookup about 5 million full duplex TCP
> sessions.

Hi

Not sure what are your needs...

Linux has no particular problems handling 5 million councurrent tcp
sessions, granted you have enough memory.

What do you mean by "it does not have the stack" ?



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