netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] inetpeer: lower false sharing effect

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Message-ID: <BANLkTim4ikjYJjdW8AWjmPi8hx-a0nh=Ug@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:17:24 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	andi@...stfloor.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] inetpeer: lower false sharing effect

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> Le samedi 11 juin 2011 à 08:54 +0800, Changli Gao a écrit :
>
>
> Whole point of the exercice is to prepare ground for routing cache
> removal :)
>
> If you want a server being hit by millions of clients around the world,
> routing cache is a real pain because of memory needs.
>

Yes. I know the routing cache removal is our goal. But for his
scenario, there aren't so many routing cache entries, so routing cache
may be a better option currently. However, if he just wants to
evaluate the effect of the routing cache removal, it is another thing.
:)

-- 
Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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