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Date:      Thu, 8 Jan 2015 00:21:57 +0000
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r276747 - head/sys/netpfil/pf
Message-ID:  <AEFC5AEF-7700-426A-96D3-A14BF68CA9BC@lists.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <20150107204631.GG15484@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201501060903.t06934qp081875@svn.freebsd.org> <20150107204631.GG15484@FreeBSD.org>

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> On 07 Jan 2015, at 20:46 , Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 09:03:04AM +0000, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> C> Author: rodrigc
> C> Date: Tue Jan  6 09:03:03 2015
> C> New Revision: 276747
> C> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276747
> C>=20
> C> Log:
> C>   Instead of creating a purge thread for every vnet, create
> C>   a single purge thread and clean up all vnets from this thread.
> C>  =20
> C>   PR:                     194515
> C>   Differential Revision:  D1315
> C>   Submitted by:           Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com>
>=20
> I am not sure that this is a good idea. The core idea of VNETs
> is that they are isolated from each other. If we serialize purging,
> then vnets are strongly affecting each other.
>=20
> AFAIU, from the PR there is some panic fixed. What is the actual bug
> and why couldn't it be fixed with having per-vnet thread?

You don=E2=80=99t 30000 whatever pf purging threads on a system all =
running, possibly competing for some resources, e.g., locks?

=E2=80=94=20
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