Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:25:21 -0800 | | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: increase receive packet quantum | |
On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:24:28 -0800 (PST)
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:03:03 -0800
>
> > This patch gets about 1.25% back on tbench regression.
> >
> > My change to NAPI for multiqueue support changed the time limit on
> > network receive processing. Under sustained loads like tbench, this
> > can cause the receiver to reschedule prematurely.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
>
> I think I'm the guilty party that made that change to your
> NAPI patches.
>
> I'll apply this to net-next-2.6, thanks Stephen.
Maybe you want it as part of the tbench regression recovery in 2.6.28?
it seems mostly harmless.
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