netdev - [PATCH] net: reduce net_rx_action() latency to 2 HZ

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Message-ID: <1362503713.15793.121.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:15:13 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: reduce net_rx_action() latency to 2 HZ

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazt@...gle.com>

We should use time_after_eq() to get maximum latency of two ticks,
instead of three.

Bug added in commit 24f8b2385 (net: increase receive packet quantum)

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazt@...gle.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 18d8b5a..461b315 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4107,7 +4107,7 @@ static void net_rx_action(struct softirq_action *h)
 		 * Allow this to run for 2 jiffies since which will allow
 		 * an average latency of 1.5/HZ.
 		 */
-		if (unlikely(budget <= 0 || time_after(jiffies, time_limit)))
+		if (unlikely(budget <= 0 || time_after_eq(jiffies, time_limit)))
 			goto softnet_break;
 
 		local_irq_enable();


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