Re: V2.4 policy router operates faster/better than V2.6

[Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeremy M. Guthrie writes:
 > I am now getting some push back from the project manager on this performance 
 > problem.  I am wondering if you think faster CPUs will 
 > a)  help relieve the symptoms of this problem
 > b)  not help because now we will hit a '# of routes in the route-cache' 
 > problem
 > c)  or will help to a point till the # interrupts come back and bite us.

 Back out the patch I sent.and have hardirq's to run RX-softirq as you 
 did before but something is very wrong. You didn't answer if there were
 other load on the machine...

 route-cache can probably be tuned you as have four times the linear seach
 I see in one PIII system at 110 kpps w. production traffic.

 Of course the non-engineering solution is to buy more CPU... :-)

                                               --ro