On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 07:13:07PM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote: > So even with a lazy hash function, 89 % of lookups are satisfied with less > than 6 compares.
Which sucks, as those are typically going to be cache misses (costing many hundreds of cpu cycles). Hash chains fair very poorly under DoS conditions, and must be removed under a heavy load. Worst case handling is very important next to common case. -ben -- "Time is of no importance, Mr. President, only life is important." Don't Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html