netdev - Re: [PATCH] *icsk_ca_priv: Reduce inet_connection

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Message-Id: <20080831.210500.246648128.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:05:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	root@...ielinux.net
Cc:	johnpol@....mipt.ru, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	angelo.tornese@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] *icsk_ca_priv: Reduce inet_connection_sock size?

From: Daniele Lacamera <root@...ielinux.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:19:38 +0200

> fast path? I don't think so... the modules allocate the ca_priv once
> per connection, at the beginning of the connection and only if that
> specific module needs that.  Am I missing something?

Creating and destroying a connection is a fast path, that is
what you miss.

The performance of many workloads is directly dependent upon
how fast we can create and tear down a TCP connection.
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