netfilter: xt_hashlimit: perform garbage collection from process context
xt_hashlimit cannot be used with large hash tables, because garbage
collector is run from a timer. If table is really big, its possible
to hold cpu for more than 500 msec, which is unacceptable.
Switch to a work queue, and use proper scheduling points to remove
latencies spikes.
Later, we also could switch to a smoother garbage collection done
at lookup time, one bucket at a time...
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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