This times are per 1 command.So total time is { 1 MIN ( 1000 single): 0.206000 us 1 MIN ( 1000 array): 0.264000 us 1 MIN ( 1000 range): 0.182000 us } x 1000 = (10000 single): 206 us (10000 array): 264 us (10000 range): 182 us and { 1 MIN (10000 single): 0.081400 us 1 MIN (10000 array): 0.156900 us 1 MIN (10000 range): 0.081900 us } x 10000 = (10000 single): 814 us (10000 array): 1569 us (10000 range): 819 us Of course there is some noise ..., but in general 1 rule with array list (15 single numbers) is in worst case same as 2 rules (1 single number). So with current implementation, 15 single ports can be generated from 2 rules (e.g. --dport 80 and --dport 101:114) But, I must allow ranges in multiport parameter, and than this discussion will not be needed. Br 2011/6/9 Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thursday 2011-06-09 16:23, Tihomir Katic wrote: > >>>That is purely noise. You need a lot more rules (10000 and up) to >>>measure an effect. >> >>I've been testing, list with 1000 rules, list with 10000 rules, list >>with 50000 rules. >>Searching for minimum time, in 100 tests, etc. >> >>1 MIN ( 1000 single): 0.206000 us >>1 MIN (1000 array): 0.264000 us >> >>1 MIN (10000 single): 0.081400 us >>1 MIN (10000 array): 0.156900 us > > It seems you are not executing all rules. How else could 10k rules be > faster than 1k? You must not use any -j. > > What you need is something like: > > *filter > :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dport 1:5,20:25 > COMMIT > # Completed on Thu Jun 9 16:33:15 2011 > > (of course, replicating this to 1000 rules), and then sending yourself > some packet and measure the RTT. > -- 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