Re: TODO list before feature freeze

[Michael Richardson <mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Andi" == Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> writes:
    Andi> (case in point: we have at least one report that routing
    Andi> performance breaks down with ip_conntrack when memory size is
    Andi> increased over 1GB on P3s. The hash table size depends on the
    Andi> memory size. The problem does not occur on P4s. P4s have larger
    Andi> TLBs than P3s.)

  That's a non-obvious result.

  I'll bet that most of the memory-size based hash tables in the kernel
suffer from similar problems. A good topic for a paper, I'd say.

]    Internet Security. Have encryption, will travel           |1 Fish/2 Fish [
]  Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON    |Red F./Blow F [
]mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |strong crypto [
]    At the far end of some dark fiber - wait that's dirt!     |for everyone  [