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authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>2010-07-23 12:59:36 +0200
committerPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2010-07-23 12:59:36 +0200
commite8648a1fdb54da1f683784b36a17aa65ea56e931 (patch)
tree66fd69f1987e4aba0025429b581d394e6db28af0 /net/netfilter/Kconfig
parent7f1c407579519e71a0dcadc05614fd98acec585e (diff)
netfilter: add xt_cpu match
In some situations a CPU match permits a better spreading of connections, or select targets only for a given cpu. With Remote Packet Steering or multiqueue NIC and appropriate IRQ affinities, we can distribute trafic on available cpus, per session. (all RX packets for a given flow is handled by a given cpu) Some legacy applications being not SMP friendly, one way to scale a server is to run multiple copies of them. Instead of randomly choosing an instance, we can use the cpu number as a key so that softirq handler for a whole instance is running on a single cpu, maximizing cache effects in TCP/UDP stacks. Using NAT for example, a four ways machine might run four copies of server application, using a separate listening port for each instance, but still presenting an unique external port : iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -m cpu --cpu 0 \ -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -m cpu --cpu 1 \ -j REDIRECT --to-port 8081 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -m cpu --cpu 2 \ -j REDIRECT --to-port 8082 iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -m cpu --cpu 3 \ -j REDIRECT --to-port 8083 Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
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diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index 551b58419df..43288259f4a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -663,6 +663,15 @@ config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
+config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CPU
+ tristate '"cpu" match support'
+ depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
+ help
+ CPU matching allows you to match packets based on the CPU
+ currently handling the packet.
+
+ To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
+
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DCCP
tristate '"dccp" protocol match support'
depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED