netdev - Re: [PATCH] ucc_geth: Add support for skb recycling

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Date:	Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:47:38 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@...mvista.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>,
	Li Yang <leoli@...escale.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ucc_geth: Add support for skb recycling

Anton Vorontsov wrote:
> We can reclaim transmitted skbs to use in the receive path, so-called
> skb recycling support.
> 
> Also reorder ucc_geth_poll() steps, so that we'll clean tx ring firstly,
> thus maybe reclaim some skbs for rx.

Admittedly, all the world is not TCP, but a big chunk is, so are you likely to 
have reference counts go to zero on the tx queue for anything other than small 
standalone TCP ACK segments?

rick jones
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