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Re: More on scheduling...

To: Benjamin Lee <Benjamin.Lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: More on scheduling...
Cc: lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Joseph Mack <mack.joseph@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 15:25:24 -0400
Benjamin Lee wrote:
> 
> Hi again all,
> 
> Just another scheduling question:
> 
> (I know, looking through code would be good for me. ;-) I will, that's what 
> Summer is for...)
> 
> After the first SYN packet is directed to the appropriate real server, how 
> does ipvs keep track of where to route the subsequent TCP packets?

the director is a router. The LVS code sets up routes for the LVS services and
pulls them down at the
termination of the connection. 

> Is the implementation for this (routing) different in ipvs for kernels 2.2 
> and 2.4 (netfilter) ?

LVS is being rewritten for netfilter/2.4. I don't know how the routing is being
implemented.
Presumably as much of it is being passed off to netfilter as possible

Joe

-- 
Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center, 
mailto:mack.joseph@xxxxxxx ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA


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