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Subject: Re: ip_conntrack_hash() problem
From: Martin Wilck <Martin.Wilck@Fujitsu-Siemens.com>
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Am Don, 2002-09-05 um 19.55 schrieb Patrick Schaaf:
> As a short time fix, seeing that it's mostly even hash bucket counts
> that give a problem, I would still propose just making the bucket count
> the nearest odd number, i.e. basically htable_size |= 1 in the startup code.
> 
> I don't expect any user to notice such a miniscule change.

Well then, as most people seem to think this is the way to go, let's do
it, and hope that Rusty's patch will be ready for prime-time soon.

Martin

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