Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:57:18 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ip_fw ordering of rules.. Message-ID: <199602012157.OAA21193@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <993.823208877@critter.tfs.com> References: <199602011830.LAA20539@rocky.sri.MT.net> <993.823208877@critter.tfs.com>
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> > > > It is always a singled linked list anyway... > > > > > > Ugh ! Then there'll be no disadvantage in removing the "sort" :-) > > > > Except that supposedly it 'orders' things so that the most common rules > > (or what it thinks should be most common) will be found at the top, thus > > making it faster since you don't have to walk the entire tree. > > Well, I suggest you look at the ordering then, that is most > certainly >NOT< what the code does. That's what it's supposed to do. I guess it depends on what you think should be the most 'common' rules. :) > I will make it an option. Thanks! Nate
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