netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V3 3/3] tun: rx batching

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Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:18:17 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        wexu@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V3 3/3] tun: rx batching



On 2017年01月01日 05:03, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:20:51 +0800
> Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
>> index cd8e02c..a268ed9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
>> @@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
>>   
>>   #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>>   
>> +static int rx_batched;
>> +module_param(rx_batched, int, 0444);
>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_batched, "Number of packets batched in rx");
>> +
>>   /* Uncomment to enable debugging */
> I like the concept or rx batching. But controlling it via a module parameter
> is one of the worst API choices.  Ethtool would be better to use because that is
> how other network devices control batching.
>
> If you do ethtool, you could even extend it to have an number of packets
> and max latency value.

Right, this is better (I believe you mean rx-frames). For rx-usecs, we 
could do it on top in the future.

Thanks