linux-kernel - Re: [patch] forcedeth: fix the NAPI poll function

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:49:43 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch] forcedeth: fix the NAPI poll function


* Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:

> >FYI, looks good so far, ontop of Linus' latest -git tree.
> >
> >btw., one thing i always found weird about forcedeth is that it 
> >generates an extra ~100 irqs per second even when there's no network 
> >traffic:
> >
> > 11:      89752    XT-PIC-XT        eth0
> > 11:      89854    XT-PIC-XT        eth0
> > 11:      89955    XT-PIC-XT        eth0
> > 11:      90056    XT-PIC-XT        eth0
> > 11:      90157    XT-PIC-XT        eth0
> >
> >(irq count snapshot every second). Just in case it's easy to fix ...
> 
> 
> May I presume that behavior occurs in both mainline and my fe-lock 
> branch?

correct.

> That is likely the NIC's timer irq, which is programmed to kick the 
> irq handler every so often.  DEV_NEED_TIMERIRQ is a starting point, as 
> well as "Known bugs" at the top of forcedeth.c, if you're curious.
> 
> I'm _betting_ that some of that can be eliminated, but we'll see...

ok. Was just a FYI - you were looking for feedback :-)

	Ingo
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