Re: limited number if iptable rules on 64bit hosts

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:59:28 +0100
Olaf Hering <olh@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On Thu, Feb 03, David S. Miller wrote:
> 
> > The rule itself is replicated per-cpu as well to keep L2 cache
> > accesses local per cpu on SMP systems.
> 
> Andy made this change, which helped on a dual box.

It might not help for Olaf's 128 cpu box though :-)

I think reconsider the idea of replicating the rule itself per-cpu.
Also, this thread should have begun with netfilter-devel at least on
the CC:, added.