[PATCH v3] ipvs: increase ip_vs_conn_tab_bits range for 64BIT

[Abhijeet Rastogi]

Current range [8, 20] is set purely due to historical reasons
because at the time, ~1M (2^20) was considered sufficient.
With this change, 27 is the upper limit for 64-bit, 20 otherwise.

Previous change regarding this limit is here.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/86eabeb9dd62aebf1e2533926fdd13fed48bab1f.1631289960.git.aclaudi@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#u

Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Rastogi <abhijeet.1989@xxxxxxxxx>
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The conversation for this started at: 

https://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter/msg60995.html

The upper limit for algo is any bit size less than 32, so this
change will allow us to set bit size > 20. Today, it is common to have
RAM available to handle greater than 2^20 connections per-host.

Distros like RHEL already allow setting limits higher than 20.
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Changes in v3:
- Fix text width in Kconfig, now text is 70 columns, excluding tab.
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230412-increase_ipvs_conn_tab_bits-v2-1-994c0df018e6@xxxxxxxxx

Changes in v2:
- Lower the ranges, 27 for 64bit, 20 otherwise
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230412-increase_ipvs_conn_tab_bits-v1-1-60a4f9f4c8f2@xxxxxxxxx
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 net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig      | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
index 271da8447b29..2a3017b9c001 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ config	IP_VS_DEBUG
 
 config	IP_VS_TAB_BITS
 	int "IPVS connection table size (the Nth power of 2)"
-	range 8 20
+	range 8 20 if !64BIT
+	range 8 27 if 64BIT
 	default 12
 	help
 	  The IPVS connection hash table uses the chaining scheme to handle
@@ -54,24 +55,24 @@ config	IP_VS_TAB_BITS
 
 	  Note the table size must be power of 2. The table size will be the
 	  value of 2 to the your input number power. The number to choose is
-	  from 8 to 20, the default number is 12, which means the table size
-	  is 4096. Don't input the number too small, otherwise you will lose
-	  performance on it. You can adapt the table size yourself, according
-	  to your virtual server application. It is good to set the table size
-	  not far less than the number of connections per second multiplying
-	  average lasting time of connection in the table.  For example, your
-	  virtual server gets 200 connections per second, the connection lasts
-	  for 200 seconds in average in the connection table, the table size
-	  should be not far less than 200x200, it is good to set the table
-	  size 32768 (2**15).
+	  from 8 to 27 for 64BIT(20 otherwise), the default number is 12,
+	  which means the table size is 4096. Don't input the number too
+	  small, otherwise you will lose performance on it. You can adapt the
+	  table size yourself, according to your virtual server application.
+	  It is good to set the table size not far less than the number of
+	  connections per second multiplying average lasting time of
+	  connection in the table.  For example, your virtual server gets 200
+	  connections per second, the connection lasts for 200 seconds in
+	  average in the connection table, the table size should be not far
+	  less than 200x200, it is good to set the table size 32768 (2**15).
 
 	  Another note that each connection occupies 128 bytes effectively and
 	  each hash entry uses 8 bytes, so you can estimate how much memory is
 	  needed for your box.
 
 	  You can overwrite this number setting conn_tab_bits module parameter
-	  or by appending ip_vs.conn_tab_bits=? to the kernel command line
-	  if IP VS was compiled built-in.
+	  or by appending ip_vs.conn_tab_bits=? to the kernel command line if
+	  IP VS was compiled built-in.
 
 comment "IPVS transport protocol load balancing support"
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
index 13534e02346c..e1b9b52909a5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_conn.c
@@ -1484,8 +1484,8 @@ int __init ip_vs_conn_init(void)
 	int idx;
 
 	/* Compute size and mask */
-	if (ip_vs_conn_tab_bits < 8 || ip_vs_conn_tab_bits > 20) {
-		pr_info("conn_tab_bits not in [8, 20]. Using default value\n");
+	if (ip_vs_conn_tab_bits < 8 || ip_vs_conn_tab_bits > 27) {
+		pr_info("conn_tab_bits not in [8, 27]. Using default value\n");
 		ip_vs_conn_tab_bits = CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS;
 	}
 	ip_vs_conn_tab_size = 1 << ip_vs_conn_tab_bits;

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base-commit: 09a9639e56c01c7a00d6c0ca63f4c7c41abe075d
change-id: 20230412-increase_ipvs_conn_tab_bits-4322c90da216

Best regards,
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Abhijeet Rastogi <abhijeet.1989@xxxxxxxxx>