Re: [PATCH nf-next] netfilter: flowtable: separate replace, destroy and stats to different workqueues

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On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 02:59:53PM +0200, Oz Shlomo wrote:
> Currently the flow table offload replace, destroy and stats work items are
> executed on a single workqueue. As such, DESTROY and STATS commands may
> be backloged after a burst of REPLACE work items. This scenario can bloat
> up memory and may cause active connections to age.
> 
> Instatiate add, del and stats workqueues to avoid backlogs of non-dependent
> actions. Provide sysfs control over the workqueue attributes, allowing
> userspace applications to control the workqueue cpumask.

I'm going to apply this to nf-next, it should be possible to revisit
this problem incrementally.

Applied, thanks for your patience.



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