Re: [PATCH net v7] net/ipv6: Add anycast addresses to a global hashtable

2018-11-02 Thread David Miller
From: Jeff Barnhill <0xeff...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 20:23:57 + > icmp6_send() function is expensive on systems with a large number of > interfaces. Every time it’s called, it has to verify that the source > address does not correspond to an existing anycast address by looping > thr

[PATCH net v7] net/ipv6: Add anycast addresses to a global hashtable

2018-11-02 Thread Jeff Barnhill
icmp6_send() function is expensive on systems with a large number of interfaces. Every time it’s called, it has to verify that the source address does not correspond to an existing anycast address by looping through every device and every anycast address on the device. This can result in significa