netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] net_sched: act: lockless operation

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Date:	Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:50:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...mgrid.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
	john.fastabend@...il.com, edumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] net_sched: act: lockless operation

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Mon,  6 Jul 2015 05:18:02 -0700

> As mentioned by Alexei last week in Budapest, it is a bit weird
> to take a spinlock in order to drop a packet in a tc filter...
> 
> Lets add percpu infra for tc actions and use it for gact & mirred.
> 
> Before changes, my host with 8 RX queues was handling 5 Mpps with gact,
> and more than 11 Mpps after.
> 
> Mirred change is not yet visible if ifb+qdisc is used, as ifb is
> not yet multi queue enabled, but is a step forward.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Series applied, thanks Eric.
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