linux-kernel - Re: [tbench regression fixes]: digging out smelly deadmen.

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Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:51:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, zbr@...emap.net, rjw@...k.pl, mingo@...e.hu,
	s0mbre@...rvice.net.ru, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	efault@....de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [tbench regression fixes]: digging out smelly deadmen.

From: "Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:40:16 +0200 (EET)

> Let me remind that it is just a single process, so no ping-pong & other 
> lock related cache effects should play any significant role here, no? (I'm 
> no expert though :-)).

Not locks or ping-pongs perhaps, I guess.  So it just sends and
receives over a socket, implementing both ends of the communication
in the same process?

If hash chain conflicts do happen for those 2 sockets, just traversing
the chain 2 entries deep could show up.
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