From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Subject: Re: iptables release Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:58:02 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <474C4B67.3000200@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Netfilter Core Team , Netfilter Development Mailinglist To: Patrick McHardy Return-path: Received: from mgw2.diku.dk ([130.225.96.92]:43593 "EHLO mgw2.diku.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755652AbXK0V6J (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:58:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <474C4B67.3000200@trash.net> Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Patrick McHardy wrote: > I have a large number of pending patches for iptables for new > matches and targets. I'm not going apply patches for new things > unless they are at least in a -rc kernel, so we have a chance to > fix mistakes. So my question is whether we're ready to release > the current iptables -rc anytime soon (before/when 2.6.24 is > released) or whether we're more likely going to need until 2.6.25, > in which case I would apply them now. What about my performance/scalability patches, do I need to wait another kernel cycle to see them released? I think that, at least patch 1/2 should be applied, as its a obvious fix. For at patch 2/2, I would like some comments on the type casting, e.g. if it will work on all platforms e.g. 64-bit. I'm also working on a faster chain list search (because listing all rules still takes 17 sec on production server with patches applied). That patch should, settle a bit in SVN before released. Note, right now I have some spare time to work on iptables, in a week I don't. Please give me some feedback on the patches. Hilsen Jesper Brouer -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- MSc. Master of Computer Science Dept. of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen Author of http://www.adsl-optimizer.dk -------------------------------------------------------------------