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authorNikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com>2017-02-04 18:05:07 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-02-06 22:53:13 -0500
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bridge: move to workqueue gc
Move the fdb garbage collector to a workqueue which fires at least 10 milliseconds apart and cleans chain by chain allowing for other tasks to run in the meantime. When having thousands of fdbs the system is much more responsive. Most importantly remove the need to check if the matched entry has expired in __br_fdb_get that causes false-sharing and is completely unnecessary if we cleanup entries, at worst we'll get 10ms of traffic for that entry before it gets deleted. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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