Re: Network stack 'lock' / single-thread

Hello Martin, ah that's cool too hear. Thanks for the clarification. Kind regards Karsten Horsmann Am 05.11.2017 10:18 vorm. schrieb "Martin Pieuchot" : On 05/11/17(Sun) 09:32, Karsten Horsmann wrote: > [...] > The nice FAQ told use that openbsd pf don't benefits much from

Re: Network stack 'lock' / single-thread

Hi Mihai, first I am not an openbsd guru. I am more an happy user like you. I read of some other BSDs (DragonflyBSD, FreeBSD) that they bring more smp support into pf. https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/perf.html The nice FAQ told use that openbsd pf don't benefits much from smp. So I assume

Re: Network stack 'lock' / single-thread

On 05/11/17(Sun) 09:32, Karsten Horsmann wrote: > [...] > The nice FAQ told use that openbsd pf don't benefits much from smp. That's wrong. > So I assume that's an more single thread processing for pf. It's multiple threads but they don't run in parallel. > I also guess that it is the "keep

Re: Network stack 'lock' / single-thread

On 05/11/17(Sun) 09:39, Mihai Popescu wrote: > [...] > This is rather a tech@ question but i'm not high enough for that list. > I see some articles about the fact the network stack in OpenBSD is > locked or single threaded. IT may be the same thing, i don't really > know. > > Can anyone share