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Authored by kp on Dec 21 2020, 10:42 PM.
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Summary

Introduce a kernel version of struct pf_src_node (pf_ksrc_node).

This will allow us to improve the in-kernel data structure without
breaking userspace compatibility.

Sponsored by: Orange Business Services
MFC after: 2 weeks

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kp requested review of this revision.Dec 21 2020, 10:42 PM

Olivier ran benchmarks (on the full series). See http://dev.bsdrp.net/benchs/kp/pf-patches/ for full results. I'll select the best case to share here:

x FreeBSD 20201223: inet packets-per-second
+ FreeBSD 20201223 with pf patches: inet packets-per-second

    N           Min           Max                  Median                  Avg        Stddev
x   5       9216962         9526356        9343902        9371057.6     116720.36
+   5      19427190      19698400      19502922      19546509        109084.92

Difference at 95.0% confidence
        1.01755e+07 +/- 164756
        108.584% +/- 2.9359%
        (Student's t, pooled s = 112967)
This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Dec 30 2020, 11:11 AM