netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 resend 0/2] Add a bhash2 table hashed by port + address

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Date:   Sat, 21 May 2022 02:50:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
        pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 resend 0/2] Add a bhash2 table hashed by port +
 address

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 19 May 2022 17:18:32 -0700 you wrote:
> Joanne Koong says:
> 
> This patchset proposes adding a bhash2 table that hashes by port and address.
> The motivation behind bhash2 is to expedite bind requests in situations where
> the port has many sockets in its bhash table entry, which makes checking bind
> conflicts costly especially given that we acquire the table entry spinlock
> while doing so, which can cause softirq cpu lockups and can prevent new tcp
> connections.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v5,resend,1/2] net: Add a second bind table hashed by port and address
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d5a42de8bdbe
  - [net-next,v5,resend,2/2] selftests: Add test for timing a bind request to a port with a populated bhash entry
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/538aaf9b2383

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