netdev - Re: [NETFILTER] xt_hashlimit : speedups hash

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Message-Id: <20071215.214219.129511362.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:42:19 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	jarkao2@...il.com, kaber@...sh.net,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NETFILTER] xt_hashlimit : speedups hash_dst()

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:04:47 +0100

> I prefer to let admins chose their size, since it makes attacker life more 
> difficult :)
> 
> For example, I can tell you I have a server, were size is between 2.000.000 
> and 3.500.000, I dont want to be forced to use 2097152
> 
> A multiply is cheap, at least on current hardware.

I agree, and I see nothing wrong with Eric's patch and it
should be merged ASAP.
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