Re: [PATCH nf-next-2.6] conntrack: IPS_UNTRACKED bit

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On 04.06.2010 18:25, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> [PATCH nf-next-2.6] conntrack: IPS_UNTRACKED bit
> 
> NOTRACK makes all cpus share a cache line on nf_conntrack_untracked
> twice per packet. This is bad for performance.
> __read_mostly annotation is also a bad choice.
> 
> This patch introduces IPS_UNTRACKED bit so that we can use later a
> per_cpu untrack structure more easily.
> 
> A new helper, nf_ct_untracked_get() returns a pointer to
> nf_conntrack_untracked.
> 
> Another one, nf_ct_untracked_status_or() is used by nf_nat_init() to add
> IPS_NAT_DONE_MASK bits to untracked status.
> 
> nf_ct_is_untracked() prototype is changed to work on a nf_conn pointer.

Applied, thanks Eric.
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