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Re: [PATCH] (3/4) bridge: get rid of threaded link for forwarding timeou

To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] (3/4) bridge: get rid of threaded link for forwarding timeout
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:50:57 -0800
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, bridge@xxxxxxxx
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On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:44:34 -0800
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> For 2.6, I changed the bridge forwarding table timeout code to keep
> a threaded list of in order entries. Well, it turns out that this is
> a performance hit because we end up constantly moving entries around
> in the list.  Later patch changes this to be in place update with RCU.
> 
> This version just uses a 100ms garbage collection timer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

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