Re: [PATCH] IPV4 : convert rt_check_expire() from softirq processing to workqueue

2007-09-15 Thread David Miller
From: Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:34:44 +0200 > On loaded/big hosts, rt_check_expire() if of litle use, because it > generally breaks out of its main loop because of a jiffies change. > > It can take a long time (read : timer invocations) to actually > scan the whol

[PATCH] IPV4 : convert rt_check_expire() from softirq processing to workqueue

2007-09-12 Thread Eric Dumazet
On loaded/big hosts, rt_check_expire() if of litle use, because it generally breaks out of its main loop because of a jiffies change. It can take a long time (read : timer invocations) to actually scan the whole hash table, freeing unused entries. Converting it to use a workqueue instead of softi