[Bridge] [PATCH 1/3] if.h: add IFF_BRIDGE_RESTRICTED flag

Jamal Hadi Salim
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:03:23 -0000

On 13-04-11 06:56 AM, Antonio Quartulli wrote:

> I just realised that :)
>
> By installing ebtables (meaning modules + userspace tool) my iperf test
result
> drops from 81Mbps to 66Mbps: former without, latter with ebtables module
enabled.
> I did this test between two devices connected with Fast Ethernet.
>


Please try tc like i said earlier ;->

cheers,
jamal

> I thought that most of the code is in netfilter, so shared with iptables,
hence
> I expected a reasonable overhead why this is much worse.
>
> Does anybody have a clue about this? I should probably start a new thread
on the
> netfilter mailing list.
>
> However this problem makes ebtables unusable at all.
>
> Suggestions are welcome :)
>
> Cheers,
>