netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] [NET] add skb_recycle_check() to enable netdriver skb recycling

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Message-ID: <20080930025754.GC3251@xi.wantstofly.org>
Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:57:54 +0200
From:	Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@...tstofly.org>
To:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Cc:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Ram.Natarajan@...lex.Com, Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>,
	Ashish Karkare <akarkare@...vell.com>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nico@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] [NET] add skb_recycle_check() to enable netdriver skb recycling

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:21:05PM -0700, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote:

> > Could you (or anyone else) try this patch on one of your boxes and
> > see what kind of effect it has on performance?
> 
> Lennert, we're very interested in this kind of work, and I'll see what
> we can come up with by porting ixgbe or igb to use the patch. 

Cool, thanks.  I'd be very interested what kind of difference it
makes (if any) on larger systems than the ones I've tried it on.


> Bad news is it may be as far away as a couple of weeks, because of
> this e1000e corrupt NVM thing I'm working on.

I really hope you'll figure that one out soon..
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