netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net: batch skb dequeueing from softnet input_pkt

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Message-Id: <20100422.001718.112184991.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:17:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	xiaosuo@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, therbert@...gle.com,
	hadi@...erus.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: batch skb dequeueing from softnet
 input_pkt_queue

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:13:22 +0200

> No thanks, this is out of the question.
> 
> Talk to ixiacom guys, some people settle/dismantle dozens of network
> device per second, on production machines.

Yes, ifup/ifdown performance is very important these days.

Recently we've had to do a lot of work to increase scalability and
latency in this area, let's not undo that.
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