netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH V2] New Xen netback implementation

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Message-ID: <20120130152109.GA17923@phenom.dumpdata.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:21:09 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
Cc:	"Wei Liu (Intern)" <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V2] New Xen netback implementation

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 03:07:16PM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 19:22 +0000, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > 
> >  - This patch set solves the CPU banding problem I've seen with the
> >    older netback. The older one  I could see X netback threads eating
> > 80%
> >    of CPU. With this one, the number is down to 13-14%. 
> 
> "CPU banding problem"?
> 
> If you had X threads using 80% before do you now see Y threads using
> 13-14% where Y is bigger or smaller than X? Is 80*X ~= 13*Y?

Yes. ~=. The count looked to be the same.

> 
> Ian.
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