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Message-ID: <46F7D9C8.7020101@candelatech.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:37:44 -0700
From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To: Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
CC: hadi@...erus.ca, Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
netdev@...r.kernel.org, Robert Olsson <Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se>
Subject: Re: pktgen question
Steve Wise wrote:
>
> Ben Greear wrote:
>> Steve Wise wrote:
>>> I think pktgen should be cloning the skbs using skb_clone(). Then
>>> it will work for all devices, eh?
>> That might work, but it would decrease performance slightly (or,
>> increase CPU load at least).
>
> Perf-wise, you could clone the skbs up front, then deliver them to the
> nic in a tight loop. This would mitigate the added overhead
> introduced by calling skb_clone() in the loop doing transmits...
That only works if you are sending a small number of skbs. You can't
pre-clone several minutes worth of 10Gbe traffic
with any normal amount of RAM.
>>
>> Maybe a new option: multi_clone
>>
>
> If the current code is busted, I think it should be fixed.
Well, it works fine when used correctly :)
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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