netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: increase receive packet quantum

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Message-Id: <20081103.172428.154364341.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:24:28 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: increase receive packet quantum

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:03:03 -0800

> This patch gets about 1.25% back on tbench regression.
> 
> My change to NAPI for multiqueue support changed the time limit on
> network receive processing.  Under sustained loads like tbench, this
> can cause the receiver to reschedule prematurely. 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

I think I'm the guilty party that made that change to your
NAPI patches.

I'll apply this to net-next-2.6, thanks Stephen.
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