netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: add a schedule point in inet_twsk

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Message-Id: <20150318.223909.1377505203437717082.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:39:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: add a schedule point in
 inet_twsk_purge()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:40:51 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> On a large hash table, we can easily spend seconds to
> walk over all entries. Add a cond_resched() to yield
> cpu if necessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Yeah this has always been a sore spot, at least it runs in
process context these days.

Applied, thanks Eric.
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