Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 22:08:06 +0900 From: Masachika ISHIZUKA <ishizuka@ish.org> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: packet loss when 'ipfw pipe list' with dummynet and bridge Message-ID: <20010205220806S.ishizuka@onion.ish.org> In-Reply-To: <200102050638.f156cLN18603@iguana.aciri.org> References: <20010203132412V.ishizuka@onion.ish.org> <200102050638.f156cLN18603@iguana.aciri.org>
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>>> A better approach would probably be to set a semaphore before >>> starting, and release it at the end, and keep interrupts enabled >> >> As I set "net.inet.ip.dummynet.expire=0", if it will affect >> only to ip addresses founded newly when a semaphore is introduced, >> I'll be happy. > > not clear what you mean, but in any case that variable will not help > solving the problem that you are having. > net.inet.ip.dummynet.expire only controls when flow descriptors > are deleted, but they are always deleted when the system runs out > of space, and new ones are always created when necessary. I am happy if no loss happened for bridged packets. I keep the system not run out and no flow descriptors is deleted because I collect traffic stats for my ip address range. I can accept that the flow descriptors just now created are not reported. -- ishizuka@ish.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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