At 03:13 AM 08/28/2002, Ben Greear wrote: >I just noticed that dev_get_by_index is not hashed, it is just a linear >search through all interfaces. This call is made in many places in the >kernel, and particularly in route.c > >For machines with large numbers of interfaces (VLANs for instance), >this could be a real performance drag. > >Any reason we don't keep interfaces in a hash-table by index? Yes, linux is quite a pig with 800 frame relay interfaces db - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
