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Date:      Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:48:25 +0400
From:      "Alexander V. Chernikov" <melifaro@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   arp/ndp default hash size
Message-ID:  <509AE539.5050102@FreeBSD.org>

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Hello list!

Currently size of arp/ndp hash is the following:
#define    LLTBL_HASHTBL_SIZE      32      /* default 32 ? */

This may be OK for end hosts, but this is definitely not enough for 
router howadays. Especially given that IPv6 hosts generate 2 ndp records.

Output from 2 random v4 / v6 routers from my $job:
2:23 [0] m@matisse arp -an | wc -l
     1494
2:24 [0] m@singapore ndp -an | wc -l
     3999

Given that LIST_HEAD is just a pointer, and we currently have single 
global (actually per-VNET) instance for every l3 proto, bumping hash to, 
say, at least 4096 should do no harm.



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