netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] pktgen: better scheduler friendliness

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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] pktgen: better scheduler friendliness

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:41:43 -0700

> Previous update did not resched in inner loop causing watchdogs.
> Rewrite inner loop to:
>   * account for delays better with less clock calls
>   * more accurate timing of delay:
>     - only delay if packet was successfully sent
>     - if delay is 100ns and it takes 10ns to build packet then
>       account for that
>   * use wait_event_interruptible_timeout rather than open coding it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

Applied.
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