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Authored by farrokhi on May 20 2018, 3:47 PM.
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Given that PF_RULES_LOCK is a mostly read lock, I replaced the rwlock with rmlock.
This change improves packet processing rate in high pps environments.
While here, I am also eliminating all appearances of "sys/rwlock.h" includes since it is not used anymore.

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Looks good at first glance.
I like the move of the sys/rmlock.h include into pfvar.h, so the header becomes more self-contained (i.e. you don't need extra includes to make your include of pfvar.h work). I'm running test builds for that, because I thought it broke when I tried. Perhaps I messed something else up though.

For others and for context: Olivier has tested this change and saw a 65% increase in packets per second through pf. We really, really want this change.

In D15502#327153, @kristof wrote:

Looks good at first glance.
I like the move of the sys/rmlock.h include into pfvar.h, so the header becomes more self-contained (i.e. you don't need extra includes to make your include of pfvar.h work). I'm running test builds for that, because I thought it broke when I tried. Perhaps I messed something else up though.

For others and for context: Olivier has tested this change and saw a 65% increase in packets per second through pf. We really, really want this change.

For the record, here is his performance test done by @olivier:

ocochardlabbe_2018-May-17.jpg (1×1 px, 140 KB)

Changes in pfvar.h and removal of rwlock.h includes broke the build (noted by @kristof). This updated patch unbreaks the build.

This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.May 30 2018, 7:11 AM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.