Instead of using the dev->next chain and trying to resync at each call to
dev_seq_start, use the name hash, keeping the bucket and the offset in
seq->private field.
Tests revealed the following results for ifconfig > /dev/null
* 1000 interfaces:
* 0.114s without patch
* 0.089s with patch
* 3000 interfaces:
* 0.489s without patch
* 0.110s with patch
* 5000 interfaces:
* 1.363s without patch
* 0.250s with patch
* 128000 interfaces (other setup):
* ~100s without patch
* ~30s with patch
Signed-off-by: Mihai Maruseac <mmaruseac@ixiacom.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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