On Monday 2009-04-06 14:07, Patrick McHardy wrote: >>> >>> if LOCKDEP is on, size of a spinlock is 64 bytes on x86_64. >>> Adding a spinlock on each nf_conn would be too expensive. In this >>> case, an array of spinlock is a good compromise, as done in >>> IP route cache, tcp ehash, ... >> >> IMO having different locking based on lockdep and architecture is an >> invitation >> to future obscure problems. Perhaps some other locking method or shrinking >> ct entry would be better. > > I agree. Do people enable lockdep on production machines? They do not.[1] [1] http://git.opensuse.org/?p=people/jblunck/kernel-source.git;a=blob;f=config/x86_64/default;hb=SL111_BRANCH -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
