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author/C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org </C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org>2007-12-31 20:37:54 +0000
committer/C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org </C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org>2007-12-31 20:37:54 +0000
commitd6978c9faadf9552bcb522d56d40c8aefa2e503e (patch)
tree1efd282d6e09565f63d281b97ee4083295a72ebc
parent9884badf87d34f230aa0f8d80ab4860aafe589d5 (diff)
- hash lookup speedups based on comments from netdev's discussions
- minor fix for hash6 in cache.c (however, ipv6 support is still broken - several updates in the TODO file
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog1
-rw-r--r--TODO5
-rw-r--r--src/cache.c15
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bbc2819..bf79b6a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ o Now default synchronization mode is ftfw instead of alarm
o rename `examples' directory to `doc'
o add support for related conntracks (requires Linux kernel >= 2.6.22)
o show error and warning messages to stderr
+o hash lookup speedups based on comments from netdev's discussions
version 0.9.5 (2007/07/29)
------------------------------
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 61f7e69..ff74c12 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ by dificulty levels:
[X] ignorepool with unlimited size and ignore networks
[ ] selective conntracks removal
[ ] debian/rpm packages
- [ ] improve website
- [ ] Dumazet improvement hashtable (multiply vs. divide)
+ [X] improve website
+ [X] Dumazet improvement hashtable (multiply vs. divide)
[X] add secmark support
+ [ ] logging support for the statistics mode
= Requires some work =
[ ] study better keepalived transitions
diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index 80cde01..b92957a 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ static u_int32_t hash(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
((nfct_get_attr_u16(ct, ATTR_ORIG_PORT_SRC) << 16) |
(nfct_get_attr_u16(ct, ATTR_ORIG_PORT_DST))));
- return jhash_2words(a, b, 0) % table->hashsize;
+ /*
+ * Instead of returning hash % table->hashsize (implying a divide)
+ * we return the high 32 bits of the (hash * table->hashsize) that will
+ * give results between [0 and hashsize-1] and same hash distribution,
+ * but using a multiply, less expensive than a divide. See:
+ * http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg56623.html
+ */
+ return ((u_int64_t)jhash_2words(a, b, 0) * table->hashsize) >> 32;
}
static u_int32_t hash6(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
@@ -47,15 +54,15 @@ static u_int32_t hash6(const void *data, struct hashtable *table)
const struct us_conntrack *u = data;
struct nf_conntrack *ct = u->ct;
- a = jhash(nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC), sizeof(u_int32_t),
+ a = jhash(nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_SRC), sizeof(u_int32_t)*4,
((nfct_get_attr_u8(ct, ATTR_ORIG_L3PROTO) << 16) |
(nfct_get_attr_u8(ct, ATTR_ORIG_L4PROTO))));
- b = jhash(nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST), sizeof(u_int32_t),
+ b = jhash(nfct_get_attr(ct, ATTR_ORIG_IPV6_DST), sizeof(u_int32_t)*4,
((nfct_get_attr_u16(ct, ATTR_ORIG_PORT_SRC) << 16) |
(nfct_get_attr_u16(ct, ATTR_ORIG_PORT_DST))));
- return jhash_2words(a, b, 0) % table->hashsize;
+ return ((u_int64_t)jhash_2words(a, b, 0) * table->hashsize) >> 32;
}
static int __compare(const struct nf_conntrack *ct1,