pf (rules and nat) + (ipfw + dummynet)

Andrey V. Elsukov bu7cher at yandex.ru
Mon Aug 19 09:53:08 UTC 2019


On 18.08.2019 00:25, Andrew White wrote:
> I also see some work underway to separate dummynet from ipfw, is there any
> docs for the goals or timelines, will this allow dummynet anchors and use
> of dnctl to use pf with dummynet like in macos ?

JFYI,

dummynet uses single exclusive mutex and this kills performance on
modern hardware. If you don't have some patches that are ready for
committing, I think after several months this code will be significantly
rewritten by me and your WIP patches will become stale.

-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

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