netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add scheduling point in recvmmsg/sendmmsg

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:59:37 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add scheduling point in recvmmsg/sendmmsg

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:37:20 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Applications often have to reduce number of datagrams
> they receive or send per system call to avoid starvation problems.
> 
> Really the kernel should take care of this by using cond_resched(),
> so that applications can experiment bigger batch sizes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Seems reasonable, applied, thanks Eric.