freebsd stable - Mar 2012 - Request for flowtable testers and actionable feedback RE: flowtable usable or not

I'm re-sending this portion of another mail as it will inevitably not
be read by most readers by virtue of having been part of a long and
digressive thread.

subject line: "flowtable usable or not"

It is possible to re-structure the routing code to have a smaller
cache footprint / shorter lookup time / and eliminate all locking in
the packet transmit path (ip_output, ip_forward). However, it would
take more time and effort than I have to do so as a recreational
activity. The set of people able to fund such an effort is
non-intersecting with the set of people who would benefit the most
heavily from it. Hence, for the time being, for those who want to be
able to approach anywhere near 1Mpps, much less 10 or 15 times that,
whilst continuing to use the regular stack (i.e. not running netmap)
we are left only with flowtable for bypassing the locking and compute
overhead of per-packet route lookups.

It is beyond debate that under some, if not many, circumstances
flowtable was unusable and perhaps continues to be. Hence, any further
reports of "it was broken so I turned it off, and now my life is
better" should be left unsent. If you, the reader, are willing to
contribute to the testing of changes, provide backtraces from cores
etc. please follow up.


Thank you for your support.

Cheers,
Kip


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The ordinary men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don?t
want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves.
Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won?t take measure of
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you.

? ?But it?s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who
roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe.
Safe?!
>From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to
the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out
just like a flaming torch does.

? ?I choose my own way to burn.?

? ?Sophie Scholl

K. Macy wrote:
> I'm re-sending this portion of another mail as it will inevitably not
> be read by most readers by virtue of having been part of a long and
> digressive thread.
>
this is exactly one of this statements which makes users (normal people)
stay away

a person-person understand this as "shut up fuckers, you're disturbing
my privileged thinking, how do you dare you little nothings"

and certainly not going along with your quoted anti-nazi statement
below, well, thinking better,  the last paragraph may apply ...

what you said here before
>... any progress, any improvements, any
> advancements will only happen because *we* made it happen.

bravo!!! hurray!!! Mr. *WE* Sir Judge of the poor souls... you have
really balls to write such a thing, do you?


in modern people conversations, this what you call digressive, we call
it brainstorming and it is _highly_ desirable, because talking together
leads to new ideas, what you apparently refuse to acknowledge

you do shit when you have a close mind

some people simply do not get the big picture because they only see
themselves, their interests and personal reflection in the pretended
egomaniac outcome

and that my friend, certainly is no progress at all ...

ohh you know what is funny? At the end, you are one of these in your own
quote:
> The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'get by.'
because you don't care about what really matters, people, users, you do
not even know how to talk to them

I might go with Doug's frustration
> Clearly you are either unable or unwilling to see my point, so I wish
> you all the best.
and what he said gently in another thread, I still did not agreed that
time, but now I'm coming closer
>That's only true if the project leadership agrees with your goals
Sooo all you Mr. *WEs*  good work! we worship you until the rest of your
days and beyond

H

> --
>    ?The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'get by.'
> The ordinary men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don?t
> want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves.
> Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won?t take measure of
> their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those
> who don?t like to make waves?or enemies.
>
>    Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only
> literature. Those who live small, love small, die small. It?s the
> reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you?ll keep it
> under control. If you don?t make any noise, the bogeyman won?t find
> you.
>
>    But it?s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who
> roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?!
> >From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to
> the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out
> just like a flaming torch does.
>
>    I choose my own way to burn.?
>
>    Sophie Scholl
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H


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