netdev - Re: [patch net-next-2.6 V3] net: convert bonding to use rx

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Date:	Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:22:50 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [patch net-next-2.6 V3] net: convert bonding to use rx_handler

Le samedi 19 février 2011 à 09:58 +0100, Jiri Pirko a écrit :
> Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:37:55AM CET, eric.dumazet@...il.com wrote:
> >Le samedi 19 février 2011 à 09:05 +0100, Jiri Pirko a écrit :
> >> This patch converts bonding to use rx_handler. Results in cleaner
> >> __netif_receive_skb() with much less exceptions needed. Also
> >> bond-specific work is moved into bond code.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
> >> 
> >> v1->v2:
> >>         using skb_iif instead of new input_dev to remember original
> >> 	device
> >> v2->v3:
> >> 	set orig_dev = skb->dev if skb_iif is set
> >> 
> >
> >Seems much better ;)
> >
> >Do you have some performance numbers ?
> 
> I don't. I can surely obtain some. What's the best way to measure this?
> 

Hmm, since its receive path :

Two machines, one sending (pktgen) a flood, one receiving it and
check/count how many frames hit destination, before/after patch.



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