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Date:      Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:32:23 +0000
From:      Kolontai Andrej <Andrej.Kolontai@Verwaltung.Uni-Muenchen.DE>
To:        =?utf-8?B?J0VybWFsIEx1w6dpJw==?= <ermal.luci@gmail.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-pf@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-pf@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Machine freezes when loading pf ruleset
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>The patch provided at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3503 should help your case.
>During a full ruleset reload, taking into account so many rules, you will impact normal packet processing.
>Hence you have the feeling of the box being frozen or not forwarding traffic.

>That patch reduces the overhead of reloading a ruleset.
>Though even more lock breakdown is necessary on pf(4) but that is another topic.

Sounds great. I'll try that.

Andrej
 


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