netdev - Re: [RFC] net/core/dst.c : Should'nt dst_run_gc() be more scalable and friendly ?

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Message-ID: <20070816233339.GA11594@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:33:39 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] net/core/dst.c : Should'nt dst_run_gc() be more scalable and friendly ?

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 05:40:44PM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> So do you think this patch is enough or should we convert dst_run_gc processing from softirq to workqueue too ?

I think a workqueue would be the best solution since with
that you wouldn't have to worry about processing things in
chunks.

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