Kernel tuning for large maxsockets

[Mike Silbersack]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Scot Loach wrote:

> Is there any reason I should not modify the kernel code to only let a small,
> fixed number of raw and divert pcbs be preallocated instead of having them
> scale with maxsockets?

Your idea is sound.

> Next, does this seem like a generally useful thing that could be rolled back
> into the source tree?  I could make this a kernel option or a tunable sysctl
> variable.
>
> thanks
>
> Scot Loach

A tunable maximum for each of those settings sounds good, that should fit
well in subr_param.c.  Send me your patch when it's done, and I'll look
into incorporating it.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack