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netfilter: xt_hashlimit: RCU conversion
xt_hashlimit uses a central lock per hash table and suffers from
contention on some workloads. (Multiqueue NIC or if RPS is enabled)
After RCU conversion, central lock is only used when a writer wants to
add or delete an entry.
For 'readers', updating an existing entry, they use an individual lock
per entry.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>