netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/14]: Killing qdisc->ops->requeue().

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Message-ID: <20081014191554.GA2953@ami.dom.local>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:15:54 +0200
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14]: Killing qdisc->ops->requeue().

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:41:30AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
...
> I think if anything it seems like you guys actually found the cpu  
> performance issue a while back in the fact that the dev_requeue_skb was  
> calling __netif_schedule when requeuing on a stopped queue.  That is the  
> one piece I would say needs to be changed so that you only call  
> __netif_schedule if the skb is not going to a stopped queue.

BTW, since one of the other "dreams" of killing requeuing failed, I
think this proposal is worth checking, but David was concerned about
some issues with buggy drivers after __netif_schedule() removing.

Jarek P.
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