netdev - Re: include/linux/pcounter.h

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Message-Id: <20080216.215401.20463603.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:54:01 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	dada1@...mosbay.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: include/linux/pcounter.h

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:26:18 -0800

> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:03:54 +0100 Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, per connection basis. Some workloads want to open/close more than 1000 
> > sockets per second.
> 
> ie: slowpath

Definitely not slow path in the networking.

Connection rates are definitely as, or more, important than packet
rates for certain workloads.
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