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Eric Dumazet e4c4e448cf neigh: Convert garbage collection from softirq to workqueue 
Current neigh_periodic_timer() function is fired by timer IRQ, and
scans one hash bucket each round (very litle work in fact)

As we are supposed to scan whole hash table in 15 seconds, this means
neigh_periodic_timer() can be fired very often. (depending on the number
of concurrent hash entries we stored in this table)

Converting this to a workqueue permits scanning whole table, minimizing
icache pollution, and firing this work every 15 seconds, independantly
of hash table size.

This 15 seconds delay is not a hard number, as work is a deferrable one.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-08-02 18:35:16 -07:00
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9p net/9p: Fix crash due to bad mount parameters. 2009-07-02 13:17:01 -07:00
802
8021q vlan: allow creating vlan when real device is not up 2009-07-30 13:16:45 -07:00
appletalk net: correct off-by-one write allocations reports 2009-06-18 00:29:12 -07:00
atm Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-09 20:18:24 -07:00
ax25 net: Move rx skb_orphan call to where needed 2009-06-23 16:36:25 -07:00
bluetooth net: use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of 0 in ndo_start_xmit() functions 2009-07-05 19:16:04 -07:00
bridge Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-30 19:22:43 -07:00
can net/can: add module alias to can protocol drivers 2009-07-15 11:20:38 -07:00
core neigh: Convert garbage collection from softirq to workqueue 2009-08-02 18:35:16 -07:00
dcb
dccp net: adding memory barrier to the poll and receive callbacks 2009-07-09 17:06:57 -07:00
decnet net: remove NET_RX_BAD and NET_RX_CN* defines 2009-07-05 19:15:35 -07:00
dsa dsa: fix 88e6xxx statistics counter snapshotting 2009-07-05 18:03:35 -07:00
econet econet: use NET_RX_SUCCESS instead of magic number 0 for econet_rcv successful return 2009-07-06 18:07:59 -07:00
ethernet
ieee802154 ieee802154: move headers out of extra directory 2009-07-23 17:08:51 +04:00
ipv4 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-30 19:22:43 -07:00
ipv6 inet6: functions shadow global variable 2009-08-02 12:54:30 -07:00
ipx net: correct off-by-one write allocations reports 2009-06-18 00:29:12 -07:00
irda Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-30 19:22:43 -07:00
iucv net: adding memory barrier to the poll and receive callbacks 2009-07-09 17:06:57 -07:00
key net: correct off-by-one write allocations reports 2009-06-18 00:29:12 -07:00
lapb net: remove NET_RX_BAD and NET_RX_CN* defines 2009-07-05 19:15:35 -07:00
llc net: correct off-by-one write allocations reports 2009-06-18 00:29:12 -07:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 2009-07-30 19:26:55 -07:00
netfilter IPVS: use pr_err and friends instead of IP_VS_ERR and friends 2009-08-02 18:29:30 -07:00
netlabel Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-30 19:22:43 -07:00
netlink net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks 2009-07-15 08:53:39 -07:00
netrom net: use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of 0 in ndo_start_xmit() functions 2009-07-05 19:16:04 -07:00
packet af_packet: style cleanups 2009-07-23 18:01:10 -07:00
phonet phonet: phonet_device_get() fix 2009-07-27 08:03:18 -07:00
rds RDS: Refactor end of __conn_create for readability 2009-07-20 08:03:17 -07:00
rfkill Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-23 19:03:51 -07:00
rose Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2009-07-30 19:22:43 -07:00
rxrpc net: adding memory barrier to the poll and receive callbacks 2009-07-09 17:06:57 -07:00
sched net: use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of 0 in ndo_start_xmit() functions 2009-07-05 19:16:04 -07:00
sctp sctp: fix warning at inet_sock_destruct() while release sctp socket 2009-07-06 12:47:08 -07:00
sunrpc sunrpc: Use rcu_barrier() on unload. 2009-06-26 13:51:34 -07:00
tipc genetlink: make netns aware 2009-07-12 14:03:27 -07:00
unix net: adding memory barrier to the poll and receive callbacks 2009-07-09 17:06:57 -07:00
wanrouter
wimax
wireless cfg80211: self-contained wext handling where possible 2009-07-29 15:46:20 -04:00
x25 net: correct off-by-one write allocations reports 2009-06-18 00:29:12 -07:00
xfrm xfrm: use xfrm_addr_cmp() instead of compare addresses directly 2009-06-29 19:41:46 -07:00
compat.c net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks 2009-07-15 08:53:39 -07:00
Kconfig net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks 2009-07-15 08:53:39 -07:00
Makefile net: remove redundant sched/ in net/Makefile 2009-07-12 20:11:14 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c
sysctl_net.c
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