netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5 v4] net: add old_queue

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Date:	Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:08:10 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	hadi@...erus.ca, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netem@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5 v4] net: add old_queue_mapping into skb->cb

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Do we really want a multi queue ifb at all ?
>
> Why not use percpu data and LLTX, like we did for other virtual devices
> (loopback, tunnels, vlans, ...)
>
> I guess most ifb uses need to finaly deliver packets in a monoqueue
> anyway, optimizing ifb might raise lock contention on this resource.
>

For ingress shaping, the later processing should be in parallel, so
multiple ri_tasklets are needed.

For one queue ifb, the queue mapping should be saved and restored for
ingress skbs, as it is reset to 0 in dev_pick_tx(ifb).


-- 
Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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