Subject: Re: [RFT 3/4] Use mod_timer_noact to remove nf_conntrack_lock

From: Patrick McHardy <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:04:11 +0100

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Unfortunatly, this patch changes nothing, as most of the time, do_acct is true.
> 
> We also need to fine lock the accounting part as well.
> 
> 	spin_lock_bh(&ct->some_lock);
> 	acct = nf_conn_acct_find(ct);
> 	if (acct) {
> 		acct[CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo)].packets++;
> 		acct[CTINFO2DIR(ctinfo)].bytes +=
> 			skb->len - skb_network_offset(skb);
> 	}
> 	spin_unlock_bh(&ct->some_lock);
> 

Its currently still enabled by default, but we intend to change that.
After that I guess almost nobody will have it enabled.