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Re: [PATCH] OpenBSD Networking-related randomization port

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] OpenBSD Networking-related randomization port
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:34:08 -0800
Cc: Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro <lorenzo@xxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, chrisw@xxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, hlein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:45:17 -0800
"David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:34:52 +0100
> Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro <lorenzo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Attached the new patch following Arjan's recommendations.
> 
> No SMP protection on the SBOX, better look into that.
> The locking you'll likely need to add will make this
> routine serialize many networking operations which is
> one thing we've been trying to avoid.
> 

per-cpu would be the way to go here.

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Stephen Hemminger       <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>


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