Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 3/4] ixgbe: Add support for ndo_ll_poll | From | "Eilon Greenstein" <> | Date | Tue, 21 May 2013 11:28:49 +0300 |
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On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 11:21 +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> wrote: > > Or - at least for the bnx2x, it is easy to add support for this new ndo. > > Do you understand what's the equivalent of that mysterious module > param for your driver/HW - or you just copied and pasted that black > magic code? >
The module parameter is not the interesting part of this patch. It is clear that unloading the module while this sort of traffic is running is not safe and the alternative of adding a reference count or something similar sounds too costly (after all, this patch is about performance). I just played with it to get a feel of the latency improvement - I did not try unloading the module during traffic so I do not care about the module parameter part right now. I agree that the unload should be looked into - but the general concept is great and it is a very nice improvement.
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