Re: [PATCH v3] xtables: Add a smaller delay option when waiting for xtables lock

Hi Subash, Almost there, more comments on this round. On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 06:46:34PM -0600, Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan wrote: > ip[6]tables currently waits for 1 second for the xtables lock to be > freed if the -w option is used. We have seen that the lock is held > much less than that re

[PATCH v3] xtables: Add a smaller delay option when waiting for xtables lock

ip[6]tables currently waits for 1 second for the xtables lock to be freed if the -w option is used. We have seen that the lock is held much less than that resulting in unnecessary delay when trying to acquire the lock. This problem is even severe in case of latency sensitive applications. Introduc