netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Get rid of ndo_xmit

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2014 08:28:15 +0200
From:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, therbert@...gle.com, jhs@...atatu.com,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	dborkman@...hat.com, brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Get rid of ndo_xmit_flush

On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:34:58 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> Given Jesper's performance numbers, it's not the way to go.
> 
> Instead, go with a signalling scheme via new boolean skb->xmit_more.

I'll do benchmarking based on this new API proposal today.

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Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Sr. Network Kernel Developer at Red Hat
  Author of http://www.iptv-analyzer.org
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
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