linux-kernel - Re: Deadlock, L2TP over IP are not working, 3.4.1

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Message-ID: <20120608154106.GD5024@kvack.org>
Date:	Fri, 8 Jun 2012 11:41:06 -0400
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Deadlock, L2TP over IP are not working, 3.4.1

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 07:47:18AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> I have no idea how many l2tp_eth devices are setup at once in typical
> conf.

Depends on the usage scenario.  L2TP is commonly used for terminating 
customer connections by wholesale ISPs.  In that kind of edge routing 
use-case, tens of thousands of interfaces are easily possible.

		-ben
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