netdev - Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, add a cond

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Date:	Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:08:26 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET : rt_check_expire() can take a long time, add a cond_resched()

Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> writes:

> So it may sound unnecessary but in the rt_check_expire() case, with a
> loop potentially doing XXX.XXX iterations, being able to bypass the
> function call is a clear win (in my bench case, 25 ms instead of 88
> ms). Impact on I-cache is irrelevant here as this rt_check_expires()

Measuring what? And really milli-seconds? The number does not sound plausible 
to me.

-Andi

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